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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"widows & widowers"”.
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Household task performance continuity during widowhood
… using public records and personal referrals. Widowers received more help than widows. Widowers widowed for longer time periods assumed personal responsibility for fewer tasks than their more recently widowed counterparts. Women widowed for shorter periods performed more of their own tasks than …
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The role of imagined interaction and self-efficacay in psychosocial adjustment to spousal bereavement: a communication perspective
… to the initial study, included a sample of 75 widows/widowers who completed a revised version of the Adjustment Survey. Revisions to the survey consisted of contextualizing the II measurement tool to reflect more direct association with spousal bereavement. Findings of the first study unearthed …
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Epidemiology of stroke in an urban population - aspects of time, place and person
… was increased in divorced men and women and in widows/widowers. Never married men had not any increased risk. Among men and women who initially were married, divorce or death of spouse was followed by an increased incidence of stroke. Previous studies have shown that incidence of stroke varies …
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Resilience: The Lived Experience of Elderly Widowers Following the Death of a Spouse
<p>Aged widowers are at risk for increased incidence of health problems and higher mortality rates following the death of a spouse. Mens' abilities for dealing with loss have been questioned, but little research has been done with this group. Surviving widowers provided significant insights …