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Author Moore, Alinde J.

Title Resilient widowers : older men speak for themselves / Alinde J. Moore, Dorothy C. Stratton.

Publication Info. New York : Springer Pub., [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 244 pages).
text file
Series Springer series, focus on men
Springer series, focus on men (Unnumbered)
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.
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Subject Widowers -- United States -- Psychology.
Widowers.
United States.
Psychology.
Widowers -- United States -- Attitudes.
Loss (Psychology) in old age -- United States.
Loss (Psychology) in old age.
Resilience (Personality trait) -- United States.
Resilience (Personality trait)
Adjustment (Psychology) in old age -- United States.
Adjustment (Psychology) in old age.
Widowhood -- psychology.
Adaptation, Psychological.
Men -- psychology.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Stratton, Dorothy C.
Other Form: Print version: Moore, Alinde J. Resilient widowers. New York : Springer Pub., ©2002 (DLC) 2001049703 (OCoLC)47995578
ISBN 9780826114761 (electronic book)
0826114768 (electronic book)
0826114865
9780826114860