Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ434165
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Attachment, Loss of Spouse, and Grief in Elderly Adults.
Sable, Pat
Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, v23 n2 p129-42 1991
Administered Texas Inventory of Grief to and conducted interviews with 81 widows between the ages of 26 and 82. Compared to younger women, older women showed more intense grief at time of interview and reported more feelings of anxiety and depression. Findings showed that older women did not tolerate or adapt to bereavement more successfully than younger women. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attachment Behavior, Bereavement, Death, Depression (Psychology), Grief, Older Adults, Spouses, Widowed
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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