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Resilient widowers : older men speak for themselves / [Alinde J. Moore, Dorothy C. Stratton].
Van Pelt Library HQ1058.5.U5 M68 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moore, Alinde J.
- Series:
- Springer series, focus on men (Unnumbered)
- Springer series, focus on men
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Widowers--United States--Psychology.
- Widowers.
- Widowers--United States--Attitudes.
- Adjustment (Psychology) in old age.
- Resilience (Personality trait).
- Loss (Psychology) in old age.
- Psychology.
- United States.
- Loss (Psychology) in old age--United States.
- Resilience (Personality trait)--United States.
- Adjustment (Psychology) in old age--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 244 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer Pub., [2002]
- Contents:
- 1 Studying Resilience in Widowers 1
- 2 Models of Resilience 10
- 3 What Was Lost: Wives and Marriages 19
- 4 Illness and Death of Wife 31
- 5 Caregiving and Communication 48
- 6 Saying Goodbye 71
- 7 Grief and Adjustment 81
- 8 Living Alone 111
- 9 Remarriage 133
- 10 Life Values Carried Forward 155
- 11 Adult Children and Other Social Support 176
- 12 Cohorts and the Future 203.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0826114865
- OCLC:
- 47995578
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