Resilient Widowers: Older Men Speak for Themselves

by Moore, Alinde J.

• ISBN13: 9780826114860
• ISBN10: 0826114865
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

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 characteristics and patterns of behavior that contribute to widower's success, as well as lack of success, in adjusting satisfactorily to their circumstances.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Studying Resilience in Widowers	1	(9)
Models of Resilience	10	(9)
What Was Lost: Wives and Marriages	19	(12)
Illness and Death of Wife	31	(17)
Caregiving and Communication	48	(23)
Saying Goodbye	71	(10)
Grief and Adjustment	81	(30)
Living Alone	111	(22)
Remarriage	133	(22)
Life Values Carried Forward	155	(21)
Adult Children and Other Social Support	176	(27)
Cohorts and the Future	203	(16)
Appendix A: Methodology	219	(6)
Appendix B: Interview Topics	225	(2)
Appendix C: Respondents and Characteristics	227	(6)
Subject Index	233	(9)
Author Index	242