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Journal articles on the topic "Children of widows"
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Bishop, Somer L., and Albert C. Cain. "Widowed Young Parents: Changing Perspectives on Remarriage and Cohabitation Rates and Their Determinants." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 47, no. 4 (2003): 299–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/n50w-agnc-0mxa-ep9b.
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This study investigated the incidence and determinants of remarriage and cohabitation among a sample of 35 widowed parents of school-aged children. Data from a U. S. longitudinal study of parentally bereaved children, with surviving parents of mean age 41, revealed—by contrast with prior findings and general lore—that virtually half (47. 5%) of the widows and widowers were either remarried or in substantial cohabitation relationships within five years post-death. Contrary to previous findings, there were no differences in remarriage rates between men and women. Other factors expected to influence the likelihood of remarriages, such as number and age of children, did not; income change pre–post death was a determinant for widows, as was widow's age within this relatively young sample of widows. There was a trend for surviving parents who exhibited fewer symptoms of psychopathology (on the BSI) at the initial Wave I assessment to more likely be remarried or cohabiting at Wave II than those exhibiting higher levels of psychopathology at the initial assessment. Possible interpretations of the divergence between prior reports or assumptions and these data are noted, as is the importance of studying the role of surviving parent remarriage and/or cohabitation(s) intrinsically, and correspondingly, their effects upon parentally bereaved children.
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Stevens, Nan. "Gender and Adaptation to Widowhood in Later Life." Ageing and Society 15, no. 1 (1995): 37–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x00002117.
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AbstractExamination of the well-being and living conditions of older widows and widowers reveals ways in which adaptation to loss of the partner in later life is influenced by gender. This article compares the results of two Dutch studies, one on men and one on women between the ages of 60 and 75, living independently and widowed three to five years earlier. The same combination of quantitative and qualitative methods was used in these studies. The results indicate remarkable similarities in the well-being of the widows and widowers. Gender influences the availability of resources such as income, education and freedom from health restrictions, with widowers demonstrating clear advantages compared to widows. In the area of relational resources, widows who are well adapted have more varied sources of support, including close female friends and supportive neighbours in addition to children. Widowers benefit more from the presence of new partners or partner-like relationships; the tendency of many widowers to rely strongly on children is a disadvantage. Few significant differences were found in the relational needs acknowledged by widows and widowers; however, acknowledging the need for intimacy is differentially related to life satisfaction for widowed men and women. An unexpected finding is the effect of gender on life satisfaction, which remains when other variables have been entered into the equation in regression analysis. Several possible interpretations for this gender factor are provided; these involve the possibility of greater diversity in the ways in which women adapt to widowhood, women's special virtuosity in relationships, and a kind of flexibility that is developed in the course of women's lives which helps them adapt to major change later life, despite structural disadvantages in comparison to men.
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Bethencourt, Carlos. "The living arrangements of elderly widows, their children, and their children's spouses." Journal of Demographic Economics 85, no. 2 (2019): 95–121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dem.2018.20.
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AbstractThe aim of this paper is to investigate the role that the marital status of children has in shaping the living arrangements of their widowed mothers and themselves and to explain the increase in the proportion of elderly widows living alone, which grew by 23.2% in the USA between 1970 and 1990. We propose a model where living arrangements are determined as the outcome of a game between the mother and her child, and where the fundamentals of the model depend on children's marital status. We estimate the model using 1970 data. We calculate the accuracy of the estimation and we obtain an excellent fit. Using the same measure of accuracy, the estimated model predicts that changes in the incomes of both the widow and her offspring and changes in the children's marital status generate more than the 83% of the increase in the number of widows living alone.
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Gál, Edina Tünde. "Impoverished by Cholera : Widows, Widowers, and Orphans after the 1873 Cholera Epidemic in Kolozsvár." Hungarian Historical Review 9, no. 4 (2020): 667–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.38145/2020.4.667.
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By analyzing the official sources produced during the communal management of a crisis due to the cholera epidemic, the study focuses on the official definitions of people in need of support as well as the survival strategies of ordinary widows and orphans in the city of Cluj-Napoca/Kolozsvár in the second half of the nineteenth century. Widows with children were more likely to be considered disadvantaged and receive aid than widowers. Poverty was closely related to a given individual’s ability or inability to work. Remarried widows were not considered eligible for aid, regardless of the family’s financial resources. The presence of small children was a strong motivating factor for remarriage: widows hoped to get financial support from a new spouse, while widowers needed a wife to care for children. The term orphan often referred not to the family position of a child, but rather to its place within the larger social network.
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Bradbury, Bettina. "Surviving as a Widow in 19th-century Montreal." Articles 17, no. 3 (2013): 148–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1017628ar.
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This paper is a preliminary attempt to examine demographic and economic aspects of widowhood in 19th-century Montreal and the ways working-class widows in particular could survive. Although men and women lost spouses in roughly equal proportions, widows remarried much less frequently than widowers. In the reconstruction of their family economy that followed the loss of the main wage earner, some of these women sought work themselves, mostly in the sewing trades or as domestics or washerwomen. A few had already been involved in small shops, and some used their dower, inheritance, or insurance policies to set up a shop, a saloon, or a boarding-house. Children were the most valuable asset of a widow, and they were more likely to work and to stay at home through their teens and twenties than in father-headed families. Additional strategies, including sharing housing with other families, raising animals, or trading on the streets, were drawn upon; they established an economy of makeshift arrangements that characterized the world of many working-class widows.
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BRESCHI, MARCO, MATTEO MANFREDINI, and ALESSIO FORNASIN. "Remarriage in a pre-transitional Italian community." Continuity and Change 22, no. 3 (2007): 407–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0268416007006455.
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ABSTRACTThe article explores the roles of household compositional factors and socio-economic status on widowhood and remarriage. By using micro-level data from a nineteenth-century Italian community for the period 1819–1859, we found evidence of the very predominant role of household structure in the decision to remarry for both widows and widowers. In particular, the interplay between the presence of a supportive family network and the presence of coresiding children from previous marriages stood out as the key factors. The presence of children aged 12 and under promoted the search for a new bride for widowers, whilst the presence of children of any age, especially young ones, decreased the chances of remarriage for widows.
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Zhang, Zhenmei, and I.-Fen Lin. "Intergenerational support among widowed older adults in China." International Journal of Population Studies 3, no. 1 (2017): 94. http://dx.doi.org/10.18063/ijps.2017.01.003.
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With the rapid aging of the Chinese population, growing attention has been given to old-age support. Widowed older adults constitute a particularly vulnerable population because the loss of a spouse can lead to financial hardships and emotional distress. We used data from the 2002 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey to examine multiple dimensions of old-age support among a nationwide sample of widowed old adults ages 65 and older (N = 10,511). The results show that Chinese widows and widowers rely heavily on their adult children, particularly sons and daughters-in-law, for financial, instrumental, and emotional support. Widowed older adults’ needs and the number of children are the most significant predictors of old-age support. Widowed older adults with multiple marriages have a lower likelihood of receiving financial assistance, sick care, and emotional support from their children compared to their counterparts who have married only once. There appears to be same-gender preference in adult children’s care for their widowed parents with disabilities.
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McQuillan, Kevin. "Family Composition and Remarriage in Alsace, 1750–1850." Journal of Interdisciplinary History 33, no. 4 (2003): 547–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/00221950360536512.
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Data from a family reconstitution study of five villages in Alsace, France, point to the importance of family composition as a determinant of remarriage. For widows and widowers, the likelihood of remarriage increased with the number of children fourteen years of age or younger in their household, though the result was statistically significant only for men. Moreover, having an older daughter (fifteen to twenty-one years of age) was associated with a much lower likelihood of remarriage for widowers, and, surprisingly, for widows as well.
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Koren, Chaya. "Men's vulnerability–women's resilience: from widowhood to late-life repartnering." International Psychogeriatrics 28, no. 5 (2015): 719–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610215002240.
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ABSTRACTBackground:The ongoing increase in life expectancy resulting in people living longer after the death of a lifelong spouse along with the stresses of widowhood is likely to increase the phenomenon of repartnering in old age. The aim of this article is to learn about the attributed meanings of late-life repartnering among older repartnered widows and widowers dealing with widowhood.Methods:The experiences of 27 couples (54 participants), in which both partners were widowed, were chosen from two larger studies on late-life repartnering: one took a dyadic perspective (interviewing both partners), and the other took an intergenerational approach (interviewing both partners and offspring). Criterion sampling in both studies used the criteria of widowers who repartnered above age 65 and widows above age 60, remarried or not, living separately, or under the same roof, and who had children and grandchildren from a lifelong marriage that had ended with the death of their spouse. All semi-structured interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed based on grounded theory principles and dyadic analysis adapted to families.Results:Present a grounded model indicating gender differences in dealing with the death of a lifelong spouse. Men tended to experience vulnerability whereas women tended to experience resilience.Conclusions:These findings make an innovative contribution by showing the reversal of gender inequality in old age, and gender differences between widows’ and widowers’ coping with widowhood, even though both repartnered. They are discussed in light of (critical) feminist gerontology including contribution to theory development and implications for practice.
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Ryblova, Marina A. "Widows in a Traditional Family and the Don Cossack Community." Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History 66, no. 1 (2021): 279–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2021.117.
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Based on the analysis of materials from the Don periodicals of the second half of the 19th century as well as data from field ethnographic studies of the late 20th — early 21th century collected in places of compact residence of the Don Cossacks, the article reveals the status and functions of widows in the Don Cossack community and family. The cardinal changes in the situation of widowed women in the family and community, in the economic and ceremonial spheres of life are shown, and the mechanisms for their adaptation to the new status are revealed. Features of the militarized way of life in the Don Cossack communities had an impact on the position of widows in the family and community. They determined their high status associated with the main social function — the guardians of the military glory of husbands. The special property rights of widows and their active participation in the life of the community, including Cossack self-government, were associated with this. The community secured widows’ rights to land allotment of the deceased husband and his property, defended the rights of the widow and her children, focusing not only on legislation, but also on customary law. In the Cossack milieu, there were also forms of psychological rehabilitation of widows: their inclusion in the ritual life of the family and community, support through the communities of odnosumy (fellow soldiers) and odnosumok (“female fellow soldiers”). These mechanisms enabled women who found themselves in difficult life situations to find a new place in society, opened opportunities for psychological rehabilitation, spiritual realization and continuation of an active social life.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Children of widows"
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Edgar, Elaine Drstvensek. "Factors which impact on older widows' loneliness : a comparison of childless widows and widows with children." The Ohio State University, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1273252101.
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Cho, Ji-Young. "Effects of practical needs and familism values on living arrangements among Korean-born immigrant widows in the U.S. living alone vs. living with adult children /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3322.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006<br>Thesis research directed by: Public and Community Health. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Campbell, Geoffrey. "The role of the Christian church in South African society : with scriptural focus on the care of widows and orphans." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/234.
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Submitted to the Faculty of Theology and Religion Studies in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Theology in the Department of Practical Theology at the University of Zululand, 2004.<br>A literary critique is offered on the publication "Theology in a New Key: Responding to Liberation Themes", by Robert M. Brown. His view of Christian ministry differs fundamentally from the documented ministry of the early Church, described by Luke in the Acts of the Apostles. A comparative analysis is presented in this dissertation.
A brief review is made of the Christian Church in South Africa, with reference to early Christian missionaries who helped establish the Christian faith in this country. The devastation caused to the Church and the nation by fifty years of Apartheid is discussed.
Attitudes towards the role of the Christian Church in society differ according to religious or philosophical belief. A brief examination of Atheism, Agnosticism, Deism, and Theism is undertaken, and conclusions drawn concerning their attitudes towards the Christian Church.
Situational Ethics is the practical outworking of many religious and philosophical
views in the 21st century, and is here exposed as unbiblical. It is also illogical, in that
it expects the
Christian Church to provide 'social convenience', while offering no personal
commitment
Socio-medical aspects of South Africa's monstrous HIV/AIDS epidemic are presented, and a case study done of an orphanage in KwaZulu-Natal, to establish the precise nature, financial viability, and balance of spiritual ministry within this Christian Care Centre.
Recommendations for effective and biblical Christian ministry in the 'new' South Africa are presented.
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Mcira, Malefu Renia. "Widows and the abuse of husbands’ property: an analysis in the novels Ifa lenkululeko and Ifa ngukufa." Diss., 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27437.
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Bibliography: leaves105-117<br>Summaries followed the Bibliography<br>The study investigates the abuse of husbands’ property by widows in the two selected isiZulu
novels Ifa ngukufa and Ifa lenkululeko, which is found to have a huge impact on children and
family members. The study presents the causes of the abuse of husbands’ property, the course
of action of abusing husbands’ property and the consequences thereof. The content analytical
approach has been used to analyse the two novels. The analysis reveals that some of the
causes of the abuse of husbands’ property by widows are the widows’ carelessness, weakness,
lack of respect, stress and laziness. In both literary texts, widows abuse their husbands’
property with their new lovers. As persons living in modern times, they do not respect the
African cultural practices. They refuse to wear mourning clothes for their late husbands, as
required by the African culture. Instead, they find new lovers within a few days of their
husbands’ death, and invite them to stay in their husbands’ houses. The study highlights how
easily some people, including widows, can be influenced by other peoples’ cultures. They do
not respect their parents, children and the in-laws; and do not pay attention to the wellbeing of
their children. When the money is depleted, the new lovers go back to their families. The
study further reveals that, after the departure of the new lovers, the widows realise that they
(new lovers) were not in love with them, but were after their properties. The presence of the
new lovers in the widows’ lives has a negative effect on family members. Consequently, the
relationship between the widows and the in-laws, parents and children suffers. The
investigation is concluded by presenting recommendations that will help widows to avoid
tricksters from robbing them of their property. The study is of great value to children who
become the victims of circumstance.<br>Ucwaningo luphenya ngokuhlukunyezwa kwempahla yabayeni ngabafelokazi kumanoveli
amabili akhethiwe esiZulu ethi Ifa ngukufa nethi Ifa lenkululeko, okutholakala ukuthi
kunomthelela omkhulu ezinganeni nakumalungu omndeni. Ucwaningo luveza izimbangela
zokuhlukunyezwa kwempahla yabayeni, isenzo sokwenza kabi impahla yabayeni
nemiphumela yakhona. Indlela yokuhlaziya okuqukethwe isetshenziselwe ukuhlaziya
lamanoveli amabili. Ukuhlaziywa kuveza ukuthi ezinye zezimbangela zokuhlukunyezwa
kwempahla yabayeni ngabafelokazi ukunganaki kwabafelokazi, ubuthakathaka, ukungabi
nenhlonipho, ingcindezi nobuvila. Kuyo yomibili imibhalo ebhaliwe, abafelokazi
bahlukumeza impahla yabayeni babo namashende abo amasha. Njengabantu abaphila
ezikhathini zanamuhla, abayihloniphi imikhuba yamasiko ase-Afrika. Bayenqaba ukugqoka
izingubo zokuzila zabayeni babo abangasekho, njengoba kudingeka ngokwesiko lase-Afrika.
Esikhundleni salokho, bathola amashende amasha ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva nje
kokushona kwabayeni babo, futhi bagcine behlala nabo ezindlini zabayeni babo. Ucwaningo
luqhakambisa ukuthi kulula kanjani ukuthi abanye abantu, kufaka phakathi nabafelokazi,
bathonywe ngamasiko abanye abantu. Abahloniphi abazali babo, izingane kanye nabasemzini
lapho bendele khona; futhi abanaki ngisho nenhlalakahle yezingane zabo. Lapho imali
isiphelile, amashende abo amasha abuyela emindenini yabo. Ucwaningo luqhubeka
ngokuveza ukuthi, ngemuva kokuhamba kwamashende abo amasha, abafelokazi bayabona
ukuthi wona (amashende amasha) abengabathandi, kepha babelandela impahla yabo. Ukuba
khona kwamashende amasha ezimpilweni zabafelokazi kunomthelela omubi kumalungu
omndeni. Ngenxa yalokho, ubudlelwano phakathi kwabafelokazi nabasemzini, abazali
nezingane buyaphazamiseka. Uphenyo luphethwa ngokwethula izincomo ezizosiza
abafelokazi ukuthi bagweme abakhohlisi ekubaphuceni impahla yabo. Ucwaningo lubaluleke
kakhulu ezinganeni eziba yizisulu zalezi zezimo.<br>Phuputso e batlisisa tshebediso e mpe ya thepa ya banna ke bahlolohadi dibukeng tse pedi tsa
dipale tse kgethilweng tsa Sezulu Ifa ngukufa le Ifa lenkululeko, e eleng taba e fumanwang e
na le tshusumetso e kgolo ho bana le ditho tsa malapa. Phuputso e hlahisa disosa tsa
tshebediso e mpe ya thepa ya banna, mokgwa wa ho sebedisa ka tsela e mpe thepa ya banna le
ditlamorao tsa teng. Mokgwa wa katamelo ya manollo ya dikateng o sebedisitswe ho manolla
dipale tse pedi. Manollo e senola hore tse ding tsa disosa tsa tshebediso e mpe ya thepa ya
banna ke bahlolohadi ke ho se tsotelle, bofokodi, ho hloka tlhompho, kgatello ya maikutlo le
botswa. Ditemaneng tsa bongodi ka bobedi, bahlolohadi ba hlekefetsa thepa ya banna ba bona
le baratuwa ba bona ba batjha. Jwalo ka batho ba phelang mehleng ya kajeno, ha ba hlomphe
ditlwaelo tsa setso sa Maafrika. Ba hana ho apara diaparo tsa bofifi bakeng sa banna ba bona
ba seng ba hlokahetse, jwalo ka ha moetlo wa Maafrika o hloka hore ho be jwalo. Ho ena le
moo, ba fumana baratuwa ba batjha matsatsi a mmalwa kamora lefu la banna ba bona, ebe ba
ba memela ho dula ka matlung a banna ba bona. Phuputso e bontsha hore na batho ba bang,
ho kenyeletswa le bahlolohadi, ba ka susumetswa habonolo jwang ke ditso tsa batho ba bang.
Ha ba hlomphe batswadi ba bona, bana le ba bohading; mme ha ba tsotelle boiketlo ba bana
ba bona. Ha tjhelete e fedile, baratuwa ba batjha ba kgutlela malapeng a bona. Phuputso e
tswela pele ho senola hore, kamora hore baratuwa ba batjha ba tsamaye, bahlolohadi ba
hlokomela hore (baratuwa ba batjha) ba ne ba sa ba rate, empa ba ne ba le kamora thepa ya
bona. Boteng ba baratuwa ba batjha bophelong ba bahlolohadi bo na le phello e mpe ho ditho
tsa lelapa. Ka hona, kamano dipakeng tsa bahlolohadi le ba bohading, batswadi le bana e ya
senyeha. Phuputso e phethelwa ka ho hlahisa dikgothaletso tse tla thusa bahlolohadi ho qoba
hore baqhekelli ba ba utswetse thepa ya bona. Phuputso ena e bohlokwa haholo ho bana ba
fetohang diphofu tsa maemo a tjena.<br>African Languages<br>M.A. (African Languages)
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Smith, Lana. "The needs of widowed parents in assisting their children in the grieving process." Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23954.
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The goal of the study was to explore the needs of widowed parents in assisting their children in the grieving process. The researcher chose this specific research topic for a number reasons, primarily based on her own observations and contact of her external world as the researcher had either come into direct contact with, or become aware of families in her community where one of the parents in families with children in early and/or middle childhood had passed away. Loosing a parent through death is a very traumatic experience for a child. How the child reacts to and deals with this trauma in the long-term, is greatly influenced by how the remaining parent reacts to and deals with the death him or herself, as well how he or she assists the child in the grieving process. Secondly, the research topic fits within the social work context as bereaved families may turn to the social work profession for guidance and assistance in understanding and resolving their loss. Therefore, the researcher was of the opinion that it would be of value to gain knowledge of the specific needs of the widowed parents in helping their children during the grieving process in order to offer these families more direct, focused and valuable assistance. The researcher made use of a qualitative approach in order to explore and gain an understanding of the needs of widowed parents' experiences in assisting their children in the grieving process. The researcher used applied research for her study, as it was hoped that the information gained would provide further knowledge to help the social work profession in assisting widowed parents and their children in the grieving process. Seven respondents were identified and chosen primarily through a non-probability sampling technique of purposive sampling. As the initial number of respondents were limited, the researcher also made use of the snowball sampling technique to further increase her sample. Data for the study was gathered by means of semi-structured one-to-one interviews, with the use of an interview schedule in order to gain a detailed picture of the widowed parents' perceptions and experiences of helping their children come to terms with the death of their parents. In studying the literature the researcher focused on two main aspects. Firstly, the children's grieving process, including their understanding of death, reaction to the death of a parent, as well as the actual grieving process of parentally bereaved children. Secondly, the researcher focused on the needs of widowed parents in assisting their children in the grieving process, including the important role they play in this process, their own emotions, challenges they are faced with in this process, the impact the death has on the family's functioning in relation to Maslow's hierarchy of needs and finally the availability and use of support systems for widowed parents. The findings of the study showed that all the respondents were aware of the impact the death had on their children, especially as most of the deaths were sudden and unexpected. Many needs were experienced, including telling the children about the death, loneliness, and perhaps the most difficult of all, finding a balance between expressing their own grief so that their children felt free to grieve but at the same time not falling apart completely, thereby overwhelming their children. Overall the researcher found that it appeared more important to the widowed parents that their children's needs be taken care of above their own. In concluding the study the researcher was of the opinion that grieving the loss of a loved one involves much more than just a process of steps. It encompasses a wide range of tasks, emotions, thoughts and behaviours. Therefore, in terms of helping to meet the needs of widowed parents in assisting their children in the grieving process, one cannot just make assumptions and based on this follow a set formula. Families, with children in early and middle childhood, who have lost a parent through death, find themselves in a very vulnerable and fragile state. The way they deal with the loss and the support they are given both informal and formal, can have a very significant impact on the future functioning of the remaining family members both individually and as a whole. Therefore, it is imperative that those assisting the family through the loss have knowledge of their needs so that they can assist them in a way that can bring about healing and restoration.<br>Dissertation (MSD (Play Therapy))--University of Pretoria, 2008.<br>Social Work and Criminology<br>MSD<br>unrestricted
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Huang, Hui-Fen, and 黃惠芬. "A Study on the Children's Attitudes Toward Their Older Widowed Mothers'Remarriage." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22529193687003168106.
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碩士<br>南開科技大學<br>福祉科技與服務管理所<br>98<br>According to the statistics from the Ministry of the interior, more women than men were widowed. The psychological and emotional assistance of old widowed women should be paid more attention. The purpose of this study is to investigate the children’s perception for their older widowed mothers’ living and psychological pressure and the children’s attitudes for their older widowed mothers’ remarriage. And the differences and correlations between the variables are explored. The children of widowed women aged over 65 at Nantou County were used as research subjects. A structured questionnaire and the semi-constructive in-depth interviews were employed in data collection. The software of SPSS 12.0 was used for data analysis. The results showed that the children recognized their mothers felt more pressure after the death of their spouses. They also agreed with the widowed mothers’ remarriage. However, they didn’t agree with and encourage the remarriages of their widowed mothers. But, they had positive attitudes for their mothers to have men companionship and also agreed remarriage was helpful for their mother adapting to their later life. The children’s perception for their widowed mothers’ pressure was significantly different from the children’s age, religion, occupation, education background, the number of brothers and sisters. The children’s attitudes for the widowed mothers’ remarriage were independent of the children’s background. The children’s attitudes for their widowed mothers’ remarriage were significantly different from their age and education background. In addition, the children’s attitudes for widowed women’s remarriage and their widowed mothers’ remarriage showed highly significant positive correlations. Interviews found that the different attitudes of children for their widowed mothers’ remarriage might be affected by factors such as: the relationships between fathers and mothers before the death of fathers, the role of the father in the family before his death, the children’s perception for their widowed mothers’ pressure of taking care of their husbands before their death, the children’s perception for the pressure of taking care of their old widowed mothers. The results of the study can provide assistance measure to widowed women. The widowed women in their later life can live a wonderful and successful life.
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Fabian, Alice Kathleen. "For the Bible tells me so? An explorative study of children's critical and theological ability to engage with the Bible, using a contextual Bible study, on the Widow's offering in Mark 12 as a case study." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9065.
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The flat narratives presented in Children’s Bibles typify the assumption that children are incapable of engaging theologically and critically with the Biblical texts. The manner in which Biblical stories are told to children during their formative years can have negative repercussions as children perceive the Scriptures as static and irrelevant. By denying children the chance to explore the dynamic text, they will never discover the depth and potential of the life-giving message of the Bible and can become despondent with Christianity, perceiving it as immaterial as the Biblical narratives show no resemblance to reality. Developing a habit of blindly accepting Christian teachings can also develop a faith which allows unhealthy indoctrination and oppressive beliefs into the Christian’s life. This thesis explores what is necessary to enable and encourage children to critically and theologically engage with the Bible. Using the story of the Widow’s Offering in Mark 12 as an example, the traditional readings present in Children’s Bibles were compared to a critical reading of the text. A Contextual Bible Study was then conducted with two case studies from grade 1 and 4 at Scottsville Primary in order to determine whether children are able to critically and theologically engage with the concepts of Christian Humanism and textual criticism. The findings reveal that this is an important area of research that requires urgent further investigation.<br>Thesis (M.Th.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2012.
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Chang, Hao-Yuan, and 張皓媛. "To explore the marital lives of married grown-up children of lone parents' families-The case study of 4 married grown-up children from lone divorced or widowed parents' families." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/56516657223547542353.
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碩士<br>玄奘大學<br>社會工作學系碩士班<br>105<br>To explore the marital lives of married grown-up children of lone parents' families
---The case study of 4 married grown-up children from lone divorced or widowed parents' families
Postgraduate: Hao-Yuan Chang Supervisor:Dr.Ming-Yu Lee
ABSTRACT
In this study, we hope that in these stories, we can understand the life course of other children of lone parents' families, the realization of their marriage and their expectation and hope to provide the children of lone parents' families in the same situation. For the marriage of the revelation and expectations, so the purposes of this study:
1. To understand the growth experiences experienced by children of lone parents' families in the process of single parent.
2. To explore children of lone parents' families living in lone parent families, how to build their own love and marriage.
3. To explore children of lone parents' families having their own experiences and feelings for the marriage, and yet to understand their original intention of marriage and marriage history. Looking forward for the results of the study to be the reference to grown-up children of lone-parents' family for marriage.
Based on the purpose of this study and the participants of the study, the researcher uses qualitative analysis techniques to conduct the study. In this study, the participants were selected from 4 lone parents' families whose parents' were divorced or widowed for more than eight years, and grown up in lone parents' families.They were above 20 years old when participating the study, and had married at least by 2 years.They were asked to share feelings for their marriage, and in order to respect the wishes of the participantss, the researcher personally call to explain the theme of the study, asked them to be interviewed, invited them to participate in the study, obtain consent, and one-on-one in-depth interviews.
The results found that the 4 research participants, burden the failures of thier parents' marriages, and they spected to avoid the same marriages as parents by what they would learn. This result shows that they are influneced by the experience of lone parents' childhoods, and they agree that living in a lone parents' family is hard, unpleasant, and also bring long-term harm to family members. Accordingly, they hope to have a life-time marriage, and to avoid the experiences they had from their childhood to occur again. They deal the marriage in their own ways to make efforts to their marriage.
The relevant recommendations and discussions are according to the results of this study and provided by single parents of adult children:
1.Remove negative labels for lone-parent families.
2.Conduct growth groups for lone-parent families.
3.Lone parents' families affects their offsprings' experiences of their relationships.
Keywords: lone parents' family, married grown-up child, marital life
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Grosskopf, Johann Wilhelm. "Aspekte van berekeningsmetodes by die bepaling van verlies aan onderhoud van afhanklike kinders." Diss., 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16888.
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Text in Afrikaans, abstract in Afrikaans and English<br>Different methods of calculation of the loss of support of minor children, are
investigated. According to one method (A), one first has to establish that the
deceased's income was not all absorbed for his/her own maintenance. Only if there
is surplus income available, it can be inferred that the deceased contributed towards
the maintenance of the minor children and that the children have suffered a loss.
According to another method (B) both parents' income are added and then divided
between the family members. The minor child's loss of support is an amount which
represent his/her share in the deceased's own income - a child automatically suffers
a loss according to this method, in the event of death of a parent.
Method B ought to be applied, because it is consistent with the reciprocal duty of support between spouses and the duty of spouses to maintain children.<br>Verskillende metodes om die verlies aan onderhoud van afhanklike kinders te bereken
word ondersoek. Volgens een benadering (A) moet eers vasgestel word of die
oorledene se inkomste nie alles geabsorbeer is vir sy /haar eie onderhoud nie. Slegs
indien daar surplusinkomste was, kan aanvaar word dat die oorledene bygedra het tot
die onderhoud van die minderjarige kinders en dat die kinders 'n verlies ly.
Volgens die ander benadering (B) word beide ouers se inkomste bymekaar getel en
dan tussen die gesinslede verdeel. Elke minderjarige kind se verlies aan onderhoud
is 'n bedrag wat sy/haar aandeel in die oorlede ouer se afsonderlike inkomste
verteenwoordig - 'n kind ly outomaties volgens hierdie metode 'n verlies.
Metode B behoort meestal aanwending te vind, aangesien dit in ooreenstemming is met die wederkerige onderhoudsplig tussen gades en die plig van ouers om hul kinders te onderhou.<br>Private Law<br>LL. M. (Law)
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Rodgers, Mary Columbro. Catholic widow with children: Poems, 1979-1993. Mellen Poetry Press, 1994.
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Murphy, Eileen. The world of widowhood: Experience of widows with dependent children in urban Ireland. SRC, 1988.
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