Equal Opportunities for Older Women
Back
Author(s): Dibelius, Olivia
Title: The widowing of women in old age. A longitudinal study
Type of literature :
Monograph
Publishing house: Published on microfiche, Heidelberg, Germany
Year of publication: 1997
Source of supply: Microfiche in the Deutschen Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main,
Signature: H 1998 MF 877
Language:
German
Abstract:

For her longitudinal analysis, Dibelius surveyed a total of 104 widowed men and women on three separate occasions after the death of their partner. In her analysis she distinguishes between three different types of reaction:
1. Acceptance of the loss of the partner: inner and outer change,
2. Conflict: struggling to hang on to the life that is left to one,
3. Lack of acceptance: resignation and discontent with one's own lot.
Back to the top

 

2001-04-25