title: Toward a theory of helpfulness for the elderly bereaved: an invitation to a new life.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to generate a theory of helpfulness for the elderly bereaved. The theory is grounded in data from responses of 30 participants concerning the advice they would give others who have lost a spouse and how others were helpful to them. Participants responded during six interviews following death of their spouses. A content analysis of responses was the basis of a dialectical theory of helpfulness: An Invitation to a New Life.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D006117:Grief; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009742:Nursing Theory; D012847:Single Person / Q000523:psychology*