The long-term effects of later life spousal and parental bereavement on personal functioning.
Using data from Americans' Changing Lives: Wave 1, 1986, this study examined the long-term effects on the personal functioning of older women and men following the death of an adult child or a spouse. Guided by Weiss's (1993) theoretical framework, 41 bereaved parents and 143 bereaved spouses were compared to 407 nonbereaved adults on measures of perceived health, self-efficacy, depression, life satisfaction, and future orientation. Analyses revealed bereavement and gender effects and a consistent influence of the sociodemographic characteristics of education, income, and duration of bereavement on functioning.
School of Family and Nutritional Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001601:Bereavement; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D017805:Widowhood / Q000523:psychology*