Description |
1 online resource (xi, 244 pages). |
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text file |
Series |
Springer series, focus on men
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Springer series, focus on men (Unnumbered)
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Contents |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Studying Resilience in Widowers; 2 Models of Resilience; 3 What Was Lost: Wives and Marriages; 4 Illness and Death of Wife; 5 Caregiving and Communication; 6 Saying Goodbye; 7 Grief and Adjustment; 8 Living Alone; 9 Remarriage; 10 Life Values Carried Forward; 11 Adult Children and Other Social Support; 12 Cohorts and the Future; Appendix A: Methodology; Appendix B: Interview Topics; Appendix C: Respondents and Characteristics; Subject Index; Author Index. |
Summary |
"This is a most impressive work on a much needed and neglected area of older men who lost their spouses. Moore and Stratton listened to what these men had to say and presented us with such a rich mosaic of feelings, experiences, and hypotheses for future research.". - Leonard Poon, PhD, Dr Phil hc. Professor of Psychology. Chair, Faculty of Gerontology. Director, University of Georgia Gerontology Center. Based on the authors' intensive qualitative study of a diverse group of 51 widowers, this unique book sets widowhood within the context of life experience. It identifies characterist. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Widowers -- United States -- Psychology.
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Widowers. |
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United States. |
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Psychology. |
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Widowers -- United States -- Attitudes.
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Loss (Psychology) in old age -- United States.
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Loss (Psychology) in old age. |
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Resilience (Personality trait) -- United States.
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Resilience (Personality trait) |
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Adjustment (Psychology) in old age -- United States.
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Adjustment (Psychology) in old age. |
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Widowhood -- psychology. |
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Adaptation, Psychological. |
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Men -- psychology. |
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United States. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Stratton, Dorothy C.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Moore, Alinde J. Resilient widowers. New York : Springer Pub., ©2002 (DLC) 2001049703 (OCoLC)47995578 |
ISBN |
9780826114761 (electronic book) |
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0826114768 (electronic book) |
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0826114865 |
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9780826114860 |
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