Resilient Widowers: Older Men Speak for Themselves. Springer Series: Focus on Men

English

Series: Springer Series, Focus on Men

ISBN: 0826114768

EAN: 9780826114761

Category: Family & Relationships / Death, Grief, Bereavement/Psychology / General/Social Science / Gerontology/

Publisher: Springer Publishing

Release Date: 10/15/1991

Synopsis:

"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.

Resilient Widowers: Older Men Speak for Themselves. Springer Series: Focus on Men

Illustrated: No

Format: eBook - PDF