Moore, Alinde J.; Stratton, Dorothy C.

Resilient Widowers : Older Men Adjusting to a New Life

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