TY - BOOK AU - Moore,Alinde J. AU - Stratton,Dorothy C. TI - Resilient widowers: older men speak for themselves T2 - Springer series, focus on men SN - 9780826114761 AV - HQ1058.5.U5 M68 2002 U1 - 305.38/9654 21 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Springer Pub. KW - Widowers KW - United States KW - Psychology KW - Attitudes KW - Loss (Psychology) in old age KW - Resilience (Personality trait) KW - Adjustment (Psychology) in old age KW - Adaptability (Psychology) KW - Widowhood KW - psychology KW - Adaptation, Psychological KW - Men KW - Veufs KW - États-Unis KW - Psychologie KW - Perte chez la personne âgée KW - Résilience (Trait de personnalité) KW - Ajustement chez la personne âgée KW - Adaptation (Psychologie) KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Gender Studies KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Witwer KW - gnd KW - Soziale Situation KW - Alter KW - USA KW - swd KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - "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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=246171 ER -