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Ernsberger, Staci. "DEATH ACCEPTANCE IN WIDOWHOOD." UKnowledge, 2014. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/18.
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Death is a universal event that all living things experience. Older adults, in particular, are more mindful of death than younger generations because of their proximity and increased exposure to it. In addition, thoughts of one’s own death often increase with the death of a spouse. Previous research has explored the role of social support in death acceptance and the effect of previous marital satisfaction on a widow’s well-being. However, there is a lack of research regarding the experience of a widow’s personal death acceptance relative to spousal death acceptance and marital satisfaction. This phenomenological study aims to better understand the personal death acceptance of eight older widows (age 65+) through their experiences with marital satisfaction and spousal death acceptance. Seven women and one man participated in two rounds of semi-structured telephone interviews and completed supplemental surveys regarding their marriage and death attitudes. Findings indicate that essential dimensions of recalled high marital satisfaction and spousal death acceptance relates to experiences of positive personal death acceptance.
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Hart, Susan. "Widowhood and remarriage in colonial Australia." University of Western Australia. School of Humanities, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2010.0023.
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Widowhood and remarriage affected a majority of people in colonial Australia, yet historians have given them scant attention. Today, widowhood primarily concerns the elderly, but in the mid-nineteenth century a considerable proportion of deaths were amongst young adults. Thus many widows and widowers had children to care for, who were also affected by the loss of a parent and the possible remarriage of their surviving parent. Extended families might be called on for support, while communities, at the local and government level, were confronted with the need to provide welfare for the widowed and orphaned, including the older widowed. This thesis considers how widowhood impacted on men and women at all levels of society in the nineteenth-century Australian colonies, especially Western Australia and Victoria, taking into account the effects of age, class and numbers of children of the widowed. When men were the chief family earners and women were dependent child bearers the effects of widowhood could be disastrous, and widows had to employ a range of strategies to support themselves and their families. Men too were affected by widowhood, for the loss of a wifes housekeeping skills could cause serious financial consequences. One response to widowhood was remarriage, and the thesis discusses the advantages and disadvantages of remarriage for men and women. Historians have regarded remarriage as the best option for the widowed, especially for women. Research into remarriage, especially in Britain and Europe, has focussed on demography. Assuming that all widowed wished to remarry, demographers have compared remarriage rates for men and women, within the context of the relative numbers of marriageable men and women in a given community.
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Ahmed, Faroque. "Estimation of adult mortality from widowhood." Thesis, City University London, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.328911.
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Hill, Paulette Popovich. "Household task performance continuity during widowhood." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53529.
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Widowhood is an experience that typically brings about many changes in the lives of surviving spouses, and the resources available for coping may be limited, particularly for elderly persons. Specific variables which influence the ability of men and women to cope with the changes brought about by widowhood have not been identified completely. No one has examined the extent to which widowed persons are able to manage resources so they can continue performing personal and household functions. It is reasonable to assume that this type of continuity is a necessary foundation for overall adjustment to widowhood.
Empirical data used in this study are from a larger project entitled "Continuity of Household Task Performance During Widowhood", supported by the AARP-Andrus Foundation. The Household Task Performance model was applied to examine gender differences in household task performance before and during widowhood and variables associated with strategy choice for maintenance of continuity of household task performance during widowhood. Respondents to the personal interviews were 173 household heads (38 males and 135 females), aged 60 to 91 years, who had been widowed 5 years or less and lived in Southwest Virginia. Respondents were located using public records and personal referrals.
Widowers received more help than widows. Widowers widowed for longer time periods assumed personal responsibility for fewer tasks than their more recently widowed counterparts. Women widowed for shorter periods performed more of their own tasks than women widowed for a longer time.
Both widows and widowers were maintaining continuity despite the generally lower skill level in household tasks for males Two strategies for maintaining this continuity were identified: (1) use and/or development of the widowed person's own resources, and (2) substitution of the labor of others for the performance of household tasks. Multiple regression analysis identified 5 predictors of household task performance strategy choice: health status, household task performance resources and resource demands, household task performance skills and knowledge, normative expectations for gender role, and initial adjustment difficulty.Ph. D.
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BREWER, MARY MORLAND VINES. "LONELINESS IN WIDOWHOOD: AN EXPLORATORY SURVEY." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/183907.
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This study utilized a questionnaire (n = 161) containing 50 closed-ended and two open-ended questions drawn from an Individual Psychology theoretical base and designed as an exploratory investigation of loneliness in widowhood. Participants were women over the age of 55 who had been widowed more than three years. Loneliness profiles were different when measured using the UCLA short form loneliness scale than when measured using a one-item loneliness self-report question as dependent variables. Results were analyzed using Pearson product-moment correlations, multiple regression, and repeated measures analysis of variance with a .05 significance level considered important. Collectively, the results of this study show the descriptive profile of loneliness in widowhood to have the following pattern. Widows who were lonely were significantly more likely to be youngest born children. Loneliness was significantly related to: depression, fear, anger expression, poor health, low social involvement, low general contact, and high neighbor disclosure. Loneliness was inversely related to happiness, neighbor contact, and child contact and disclosure. The widows were significantly more happy as: "married" women, "children," and "widows." Disclosure was directional, with widows being significantly less willing to disclose: older, younger, and same age. Disclosure was group specific, being significantly more likely to occur to: children, siblings, parents, and neighbors. Using the loneliness self-report measure, loneliness was significantly related to receiving income from work and to having a living parent. Using the UCLA measure, loneliness was unrelated to any of the following independent measures: number of children in family of origin or procreation; educational level or type; income level; income source; length of marriage or widowhood; age; length of time in the same general or specific area; and number of people living with the widow. However, liking choice of living conditions was significantly related to loneliness. When selected independent variables were entered into a multiple regression equation using the UCLA measure as a dependent variable, loss of control and reduced social involvement were significant predictors of loneliness in widowhood. Hypotheses made on the basis of Individual Psychology theory were generally supported, suggesting the appropriateness of this model in future research.
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Colclough, Fiona Margaret. "Widows and widowhood in early modern Venice." Thesis, Northumbria University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251140.
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Espinosa, Javier. "The causality and characterization of the widowhood effect." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3745.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.Thesis research directed by: Economics. 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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Chambers, Pat. "Hidden lives : multiple narratives of later life widowhood." Thesis, Keele University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.394653.
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Allen, Susan Elise. "A Model for Predicting Bereavement Outcome in Widowhood." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331737/.
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The present longitudinal study examined the effects and interactions of several variables thought to affect adjustment to conjugal bereavement. Questionnaires were administered to 147 conjugally bereaved subjects and to 46 persons bereaved of close relatives other than spouse. Independent variables included experienced competence (self-esteem, locus of control, coping self-efficacy, and prior coping strategies), impact of loss (anticipation and preventabillty of loss, centrality of relationship and life change), and perceived resources. All of the independent variables were found to be important predictors of adjustment in conjugal bereavement. However, hypothesized interactions among variables were generally not found. Experimental variables were better predictors of adjustment in conjugal bereavement than were demographic variables. Contrary to prediction, widowed subjects tended to become more lonely and showed increased bereavement adjustment difficulties over a six month period of time. However, post hoc analysis suggested that levels of adjustment do not decline over the long term in widowhood. The present study supports a view of widowhood as a multidimensional event, characterized by seemingly contradictory feelings, experiences, and behaviors.
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Scott, Linda Mary. "Widowhood, the relationship between social support, health and loneliness." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0012/MQ40833.pdf.
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de, Lachica Jordan Marie. "Widowhood and grief support| Gerontology curriculum for older adults." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1586172.
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Although older adults are more susceptible to loss, there are more support groups aimed towards helping young widowed persons than those ages 65 and over (Cox, 2010). The purpose of this project was to develop a curriculum for an eight-week grief support class for New Hope Grief Support Community in Long Beach, California. This curriculum will allow older adults who have lost a spouse or partner to learn how to cope with their loss while also learning to rely on new relationships as their main point of support. The curriculum is based on James William Worden's four tasks of mourning and New Hope's grief education format.
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Limann, Leda Hasila. "Widowhood rites and the rights of women in Africa : the Ugandan experience." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/1036.
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"Human rights instruments have come a long way in the protection of women generally. This is evident in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and more specifically, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). At the regional level, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (the African Charter) and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women (The Women's Protocol to the African Charter), have made commendable strides in protecting the rights of women in Africa. In all of these instruments, however, not much attention is devoted to certain specific categories of women. This generalization of the law has created a situation in which certain groups of women, such as widows, are not adequately protected from abuse. This unfortunate observation is further buttressed by the fact that issues concerning widows are rarely on the agenda of most international conferences.
Interestingly, domestic legislation in many African countries, such as Uganda, have drawn inspiration from international human rigths instruments in protecting the rights of women. In many instances even widows seem adequately protected by national legislation. Ironically, the situation on the ground in most African countries will reveal that notwithstanding all these developments, the rights of widows are actually being violated with impunity. This is attributable to the fact that most African countries have multiple legal systems where there is an interplay of national statutory law, common law and customary law. The customary law recognizes traditional and cultural practices, which discriminate against women, and which in the final analysis negates all attempts by international, regional and national legislation that are geared towards the protection of the rights of women. This is evident from such practices as the customary inheritance practices and rites which widows are subjected to across the entire continent. This situation is further aggravated by the fact that most widows who bear the brunt of these discriminatory practices are those found in rural societies, where illiteracy is high and ignorance of law (particularly written law) is rife.
Uganda, like most African states, has an impressive number of legislation that seeks to protect widows. However, empirical evidence as to what actually happens in reality proves that these laws are but mere words on paper that have no practical effect.
The problem that this paper seeks to address is whether international, regional and indeed Ugandan domestic law have proven adequate in protecting widows in Uganda against derogatory, dehumanizing and discriminatory customary widowhood practices or rites." -- Introduction.Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2003.
Prepared under the supervision of Dr. Henry Onoria, Faculty of Law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
http://www.chr.up.ac.za/academic_pro/llm1/dissertations.html
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Lokis, Julie Marie. "Deadly Desires: Widowhood and Perverse Female Sexuality in Rachildes Fiction." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.499293.
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Emanoil, Valerie A. "'In My Pure Widowhood': Widows and Property in Late Medieval London." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1211560325.
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Arnold, Angelina S. "Rural older African American women and their experience of transition through widowhood /." Connect to full text via ProQuest. IP filtered, 2005.
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Thesis (Ph.D. in Nursing) -- University of Colorado, 2005.Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-206). Free to UCDHSC affiliates. Online version available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations;
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Collins, Tracy. "Managing transition : a longitudinal study of personal communities in later life widowhood." Thesis, Keele University, 2011. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/15823/.
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Many older women experience the loss of a spouse or partner in later life. Social networks and social support are widely thought to help buffer such traumatic events and ease subsequent transitions. This longitudinal study considers the significance of personal communities in managing the transition of later life widowhood. A series of qualitative interviews were conducted with twenty-six older widows over a period of eighteen months. Personal community diagrams were used to identify the structure of the women’s personal communities, allowing for the development of a typology. The content or expressive characteristics of these relationships were explored further through the women’s experiences of Christmas and the exchange of Christmas cards. Content and thematic analysis revealed four core types of personal community among the older widows in this study, comprising different combinations of family, friends and others. The continuity and discontinuity of these social relationships, as well as the re-arrangement of family and friendship practices, demonstrate the multifaceted and ever-shifting characteristics of personal communities during the transition of widowhood. The findings also illustrate the diverse, complex, and often paradoxical nature of personal relationships within structurally similar personal community types, which is often compounded by multiple transitions in addition to widowhood itself. Using the lens of personal communities over a period of time reveals that the management of transition incorporates not only social relations, but also personal agency, and flexibility. These combined factors appear to be more important to adaptation during later life widowhood than personal community type. The findings help to re-frame the existing dialogue on later life widowhood and social support.
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Solley, Suzanne. "'Rewriting widowhood' : intersectionality, well-being and agency amongst widowed women in Nepal." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2016. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/18122.
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In an expansive feminist literature on gender and development, scholarly research on widows and widowhood remains limited, particularly within the context of Nepal. While there are some important exceptions, existing work reinforces stereotypes of widows as old and poor victims, and widowhood as essentially a marginalised and vulnerable status. This thesis seeks to confront such homogenous views and to 'rewrite' widowhood. In particular, it explores the diverse experiences of widowhood through the adoption of an intersectional life-course lens, conceptualises well-being from the embedded perspective of widows and examines the complex ways in which widowed women assert agency. This thesis is born out of a longstanding academic engagement with Nepali widows. Based upon ethnographic qualitative research, the study involved two periods of intensive research in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The research was operationalised through a triangulation of qualitative methods resulting in a rich evidence base of eighty-one semi-structured interviews, eighteen oral histories, five focus groups and ten key informant interviews. This research shows that that widowhood is more complex than much of the scholarship to date suggests. Key findings include the particular salience of age, caste and the life course in shaping experiences of widowhood. It demonstrates that while widows' understandings of well-being can be categorised as material, perceptual and relational, relationships with children, family and the wider community in which they live underpin all of these. This research also uncovered widows' complicated and contradictory enactments of agency that can be placed on a 'resisting-conforming' continuum, and are shaped by gendered cultural norms, eschatological beliefs, temporality and intersectional identities. This thesis contributes to more nuanced empirical and theoretical understandings of widows and widowhood, intersectionality well-being and agency.
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Arbi, Linda Margaret. "Unearthed : personifications of widowhood and acts of memory : volume 1 and 2." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002225.
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By researching visual traditions of representing widows in relation to a social role, I explore how these may be related to processes of mourning and memory. My study begins with an historical reading and, along with an analysis of Renaissance widow portraiture, I trace the experiences of widows in the Cape of Good Hope. For the purposes of this thesis, I have selected images of widows to investigate memory-work particularly when speaking of loss. I re-view these memory processes through recent historical and art historical discourse with reference to contemporary South African artworks in order to understand how public memory is formed by way of visual documentation. These narratives around widowhood have informed the subject matter for my Master’s exhibition and shed light on my own experience as a widow. The interaction between objects and memory are of particular interest and manifest in my studio art practice.
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Gordon-Smith, George Michael. "Sympathetic Observations: Widowhood, Spectatorship, and Sympathy in the Fiction of Henry James." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2413.pdf.
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Youngblood, Shari M. "Widowhood change and well-being in a Florida leisure-oriented retirement community /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0010575.
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Mwaka, Beatrice Odonga. "Widowhood and property among the Baganda of Uganda : uncovering the passive victim." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1998. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/110899/.
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This is a socio-legal study of widowhood among the Baganda of Uganda. The thesis explores widowhood as it affects women within their local cultural context to determine the extent to which they pursue their rights in property and other family relationships. The thesis takes the position that to see them as ‘passive victims’ is to deny them a ‘voice.’ It homogenises them denying them their individuality. To this end the thesis explores the activities individual women undertake to pursue their interests. The study examines their perceptions of their situations as narrated through their own voices and what they have done or are doing about the situation. Widowhood flows from death in a marriage relationship. Consequently, the thesis begins with a woman entering into marriage, exploring how she is conceptualised through the giving of marriage gifts/bridewealth and the consequences that flow from that in a marriage relationship and its implications for widowhood. The study argues that there is need to understand the local cultural context in which women live and that within this context there are several regulatory regimes/semi autonomous social fields that regulate the society. This includes customs and cultural practices, the imported western law and in recent years the Resistance Councils which were created by the State to encourage democratic participation and popular justice beginning at grassroots. None of these regimes are autonomous from the other although each seeks to exert its own power. This has far reaching consequences for the extent to which a woman can assert herself. Within this the ‘family council’ or clan to which every person in that society belongs emerges as the strongest regulatory regime. The study reveals that the choice of regimes allows a woman to pick and choose where to assert her rights depending on her interests, location and resource position. Within these set of circumstances her self perception as an individual with rights is the strongest tool in driving her to pursue her interests. The study also reveals that in some cases the written imported law supports cultural practices but because it is perceived as foreign, there has not been openess nor understanding of the substance of the law thus resulting in conflicts with customary practices. This is most evident in rural societies where cultural practices find their strongest means of expression. However there is room for harmony where the law does not seek to impose itself on other regulatory regimes but recognizes the need for sharing of powers and working in cooperation with these other regimes. In this respect the creation of the RC system which encourages local informal dispute resolution and which has the capacity to respond to social factors and changing attitudes within the community and the wider legal system can be an effective tool for legal innovation and draw the women as a whole into decision making.
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Davidson, Kate. "Gender, age and widowhood : how older widows and widowers differently realign their lives." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1998. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/843823/.
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This thesis reports an original research investigation of gendered differences in the meanings of widowhood to older men and women in the medium and long term after the loss of their spouse. Twenty five widows and twenty six widowers were interviewed in-depth, with a semi-structured interview guide and the data were analysed using a qualitative data analysis software program. There is a received wisdom that in widowhood, women grieve and men replace. Indeed, demographic data indicate that older widowed men are more likely to remarry than older widowed women. The study focuses on the choices and constraints in the making of new dyadic relationships and how men and women differ in their approaches to these partnerships. What emerges from the interview data is a complex picture of same-and cross-gender friendship and partnership matrices which are age and gender specific. For most of the widows, some of whom were living by themselves for the first time, their aloneness was perceived as a sense of liberation that they were unwilling to relinquish as a trade off for companionship with caring responsibilities. For the widowers, the loneliness was viewed more as a sense of deprivation after a life of being cared for by a woman in whom they had concentrated their emotional existence. At the heart of gendered choices about repartnership is the notion of selfishness and its differential meanings to older men and women. The study concludes that the fundamental gender difference in the decision making process regarding the formation of an exclusive cross-gender relationship, is the perception of the costs and benefits associated with taking on a new partner. A widow feels that a new partnership would be at the cost of her new found independence whereas a widower benefits from the mitigation of his aloneness and loneliness.
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Hatch, Daniel Joseph. "The Influence of Widowhood and Sociodemographic Moderators on Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease Risk." DigitalCommons@USU, 2013. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1473.
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Dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are highly debilitating conditions that afflict millions of elderly persons. In recent decades, biological evidence has implicated chronic stress in the etiology of these conditions. As a result, the relationship between widowhood, one of the most stressful life events, and dementia and AD has also received attention. However, studies are mixed regarding this association, and few have investigated whether this relationship is moderated by the context surrounding widowhood. This study extends this literature by investigating whether widowhood increases risk for dementia and AD and whether this risk is moderated by contextual factors including age at widowhood, remarriage after widowhood, manner of death, number of dependent and adult children at the time of widowhood, gender, presence of epsilon 4 allele of apolipoprotein E (APOE), and history of depression and antidepressant use. To do this, this investigation utilized data from the Cache County Memory Study (CCMS), a large population-based epidemiological study of dementia and AD, and the Utah Population Database (UPDB), one of the world's foremost linked genealogical databases. In Cox regression analyses that modeled time to onset of dementia and AD, gender was found to moderate the relationship between incident widowhood and dementia (HR = 1.74, 95% CI: 0.97-3.10), in that widowhood trended towards decreased risk among men (HR =0.72, CI: 0.45-1.16) but increased risk among women (HR = 1.21, CI: 0.83-1.75) in stratified models. In addition, history of depression and antidepressant use moderated the association between incident widowhood and dementia (HR = 2.63, 95% CI: 1.26-5.50) and AD (HR = 1.68, 95% CI: 1.11-2.53), in that widowhood was associated with decreased risk for dementia and AD among the never depressed (HR = 0.66, CI: 0.42-1.02 and HR = 0.54, CI: 0.31-0.92, respectively), a trend towards increased risk for AD among those with a history of antidepressant use but no depression (HR = 1.80, CI: 0.86-3.75), and with increased risk for dementia and AD among those with a history of both (HR = 1.93, CI: 0.98-3.81 and HR = 1.89, CI: 0.80-4.43). These findings advance clinical and scientific knowledge concerning the effects of widowhood on risk for dementia and AD, and underscore the importance of context in understanding this relationship.
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Geng, Jing. "Gender and the Subjective Well-being of Widowed Elders." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101093.
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Many studies suggest that aging women have unique experiences in widowhood, which are different from those of aging men because of gender inequality. This study explored the 2014 Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to discover whether gender influences the factors that affect subjective well-being of elderly widows and widowers (aged 65 and over). To look at subjective well-being, I used a feminist gerontological approach to explore possible gender differences and examined life satisfaction, a life satisfaction scale, and happiness, their corresponding predictive factors, and their importance for each of the measures of subjective well-being. This study found that there were gender differences in total household income and social support from friends. Although gender did not affect subjective well-being directly, there were gender differences in the ways that education, total household income, total wealth, and social support from children and friends affected the subjective well-being of widows and widowers.Master of Science
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Dube, Misheck. "Widowhood and property inheritance in Zimbabwe: experiences of widows in Sikalenge ward, Binga District." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/200.
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Zimbabwean widows need to inherit property when their husbands die. Property, be it material or financial in nature, is a source of sustenance and wealth. Depriving women of property inheritance rights has untold consequences. This study focuses on the property inheritance rights of widows in Zimbabwe in the Sikalenge Ward of Binga District. The aim of the study is to understand how property grabbing affects widows and to find possible solutions and intervention strategies social workers may use. The literature reviewed in the study was drawn from both the legal field and social work to create a link between the fields. The study was shaped by radical feminism for conceptualising property grabbing while the formulated intervention strategies utilised the empowerment model. The study is qualitative in nature using interviews to collect data from ten widows and five social service providers who constitute the total of fifteen participants in the study. Data was analysed qualitatively using interpretive approaches and presentation is textual rather than statistical. The main finding of the study is that widows are still being denied their inheritance rights despite the provision of such rights by the Intestate Succession Laws promulgated in November 1997 by the government of Zimbabwe. Moreover, the widows are not aware of the inheritance laws of Zimbabwe and hence did not seek any professional intervention. The few who attempted the legal process for recourse were not successful. Even though it was minimally attempted, the study established that the main form of failed intervention tried by the women was legal in nature and suggests and emphasises an eminent need for Social Work intervention to supplement legal intervention.
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Brun, Josette. "Le veuvage en Nouvelle-France, genre, dynamique familiale et stratégies de survie dans deux villes coloniales du XVIIIe siècle, Québec et Louisbourg." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ57459.pdf.
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Cutajar, Josephine Ann. "Widowhood in the island where time stands still, gender, ethnicity and citizenship in the Maltese Islands." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq53862.pdf.
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Manyedi, Mofatiki Eva. "Experiences of widowhood and beliefs about the mourning process of the Batswana people / Mofatiki Eva Manyedi." Thesis, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2270.
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Hutt, Greenyer Corinne. "The lived experience of engagement in occupations by older people during the first year of widowhood." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2016. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/411162/.
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The world’s population is increasing; whilst this implies improvement in health, for older people itmay also imply more years spent in ill-health. A developing body of literature supports the role that remaining active and engaged in meaningful occupations can play in the maintenance of health and wellbeing at all ages. An understanding of how this can be supported is of importance. Whilst widowhood is a common experience; in older age it may be complicated by challenges resulting from increased age. The focus of this study was the experience of engaging in occupations by older people during the first year after spousal bereavement. A scoping review of the literature indicates the body of literature relating to occupation and bereavement to be small; n relation to older people this largely focuses on the development of skills to manage everyday occupations. This study adopted a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to explore the lived experience for widowed, older people as they re-engaged in occupations and routines during the first year after the death of their spouse. Nineteen older widowed people were recruited with the help of the bereavement support teams at two hospices. The study took a longitudinal approach and participants were interviewed twice. The first interview took place approximately three months after they were widowed; the second at thirteen months. A superordinate theme was identified, recovering occupation; this was underpinned by three sub-themes: retreating to the familiar; taking stock; and revising occupation. The study offers insight into the role played by occupation for the participants; and illustrates the challenges experienced and strategies adopted to facilitate engagement. The role of continuing bonds in this process is illustrated with evidence suggesting a novel form of occupational bond was developed. Implications for policy, health and social care practice; and the occupational therapy profession are considered.
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James, I. H. "'To keep me all my life' : policy, provision and the experience of war widowhood, 1914-1925." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1999. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272001.
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Bourbeau-Allard, Eve. "A Widow's Purview: A Microhistory of Widowhood and Gender Relations in the Late Eighteenth-Century Virginia Backcountry." W&M ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626796.
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Mohammed, Esosa. "Resilience of Nigerian Widows in the Face of Harmful Widowhood Practices in Southwest Nigeria: An Interdisciplinary Analysis." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3508.
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Widows in Nigeria endure adverse and traumatic practices that affect their health, well-being, and rights as women. After decades of struggle and resistance against persistent widowhood practices, this study sought to portray in Nigerian widows, hidden strengths, resilience, and agency rather than their vulnerability and powerlessness. Analysis of secondary scholarship, interviews, and survey questionnaires reveal that some Nigerian widows are able to cope even as they navigate through the challenges and trauma of demeaning and stressful practices. The results also demonstrate that the ability to cope and thrive under stress and adversity links not only to an individual’s personal growth and well-being, but also to their ability to develop agency and empower themselves. This study has implications for female empowerment and sociocultural change. Additionally, the results suggest a need for future research and interventions that further develop the concept of resilience in Nigerian widows.
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Ye, Minzhi. "Depression after Widowhood or Divorce in Later Life: The Moderating Effects of Prior Marital Quality and Self-Esteem." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1387639903.
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Jones, Eunicia. "Lived Experience of Young Widowed Individuals." DigitalCommons@USU, 2016. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5063.
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Young widowhood is a unique experience that has received little in-depth attention in research and clinical settings. Their experiences may differ from other types of losses, particularly from losses that are typically expected to happen later in life. The present study treated the lived experiences of young men and women who have experiences the loss of a spouse. Eleven men and women between the ages of 18 and 49 were interviewed about their experiences post-loss using phenomenological methods. After coding for similarities and differences between the experiences, five themes emerged in all eleven interviews: (1) relationship, (2) first reactions, (3) resources, (4) concerns, and (5) age and gender. The results explored these themes in depth and provided insight into the grief process of young widows and widowers. Implications included the need for more accessible resources for young widowed individuals, such as therapeutic services, finances, and childcare. Implications are also provided for clinicians, individuals, couples, and families.
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Afari-Twumasi, Lucy. "Traditional and cultural practices and the rights of women : a study of widowhood practices among the Akans in Ghana." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/2844.
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The study investigates the human rights violations that underlie widowhood practices in Cape Coast and Komenda in the Central Region of Ghana. Review of the relevant literature on widowhood practices suggests that widowhood practices are a global cultural phenomenon, which is not confined to Sub-Sahara Africa. A survey of relevant studies on the phenomenon suggests that there are two competing perceptions on African widowhood practices: (1) a dominant negative perspective and (2) a minor positive perspective. The dominant negative perspective, which receives overwhelming research attention, focuses only on the negative characteristics of widowhood while the minor positive perspective which receives scanty research attention, rejects the criticisms levelled against widowhood practices as being externally influenced by Christianity and Western Feminism. Various stakeholders within the Akan community were given an opportunity to retell their own versions of widowhood practices. In order to achieve this purpose, the research extracted competing narratives from all the multiple sample subgroups of the proposed study: widows; widow family heads; chiefs; widowhood ritual practitioners; elderly female supervisors of widowhood practices; an official from the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ); an official from the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MOWAC); and an official from the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of Ghana. The study found out that despite legislative intervention and policy frameworks, the practice still persist among the Akan communities in Ghana. The reasons for the continued existence of such rituals are explained followed by recommendations for possible solutions.
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Wallace, D., G. Molayi, Jean Croce Hemphill, and B. Fields. "The Relation of Widowhood and Living Arrangements to Function and Health Service Use Among African-American Men and Women." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1999. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7564.
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Bates, Karine. "Women's property rights and access to justice in India : a socio-legal ethnography of widowhood and inheritance practices in Maharashtra." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=85883.
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In India, the Hindu Succession Rights Act of 1956 allows the widow, the daughters, alongside the sons of the deceased senior male, to claim an equal share in familial property. By giving inheritance rights to daughters and widows, and not exclusively to sons, this Act proposes a radically different organization of the ideal patrilineal household, commonly referred to as "the Hindu joint family". The Act initiates a transformation of Hindu women's status through their rights to property, which implies the transformation of women's rights and duties in India.Drawing on the analysis made during an extensive fieldwork period in a rural community and case studies in Pune tribunals, this thesis shows that women generally know that they have some rights to their father's and husband's property. However, for various reasons, they do not see any advantage in claiming their inheritance rights. Women often find it difficult to reconcile claiming rights with their duties as daughters (or daughters-in-law) and the social restrictions associated with widowhood. In addition, the complex relationships with the state bureaucracy often prevent them from their right to access property. In that context, before choosing a forum of justice, most women (and men) will first opt for conflict avoidance.
This socio-legal ethnography of women's succession rights, in the state of Maharashtra, is an anthropological contribution to the study of the dynamics of social cohesion in an environment where legal pluralism is itself in transition.
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Conner, Sarah. "Poetics of Sixteenth-Century Widowhood: Vittoria Colonna’s Use of Gender and Grief as a Means of Social and Spiritual Transcendence." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7278.
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This thesis project surrounds the life of sixteenth-century poet Vittoria Colonna, and the poetry she wrote following the death of her husband Ferrante D’Avalos, Marquis of Pescara, in 1525. Often regarded in tandem with the works of Michelangelo, Vittoria Colonna’s literary accomplishments in the face of personal tragedy speak for themselves as she became one of the foremost female poets of her time. Beyond her relationship with Michelangelo, the surrounding literature on Colonna looks at her widowhood as a stage for her poetry, her use of Neoplatonist imagery, and the influence of the Petrarchan sonnet. Expanding on the arguments presented by scholars Abigail Brundin and Virginia Cox, who are the foundation for my research with their thorough understanding of these connective elements, my thesis explores how Colonna actively used gender and grief specifically within her widowed poetry to pursue social and spiritual transcendence through a comparison of primary texts.
In merging these elements together, I find that Colonna complicates the role of the female widow. She uses her widow’s grief as a tool to remain within the lines of social propriety while also seeking personal freedom. Benefitting from her performance of what Erasmus calls a “true” widow, Colonna presented her grief within the parameters of social expectation but provided a way to break free from them. Within this public space, Colonna’s complicated relationship with gender comes into play as she uses it to her advantage to transcend socially through subversions of Petrarchan convention, while also dismissing gender entirely through Neoplatonism in order to transcend spiritually. In this, Colonna maintains a complex widowhood as she both fulfills and dismantles the boundaries set in place for her, finding a sense of freedom within the blurred lines of propriety.
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Valdimarsdơttir, Unnur Anna. "The loss of a husband to cancer : additional and avoidable psychological traumata / Unnur Anna Valdimarsdơttir." Stockholm, 2003. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2003/91-7349-557-3.
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Capp-Taber, Sheila Putnam. "Grief and mourning among African American elders after spousal bereavement." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6154.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2009.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Vita. "May 2009" Includes bibliographical references.
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Rodger, Martin L. "Living beyond the unanticipated sudden death of a partner : A phenomenological study." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2005. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/647.
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This research project used a Husserlian phenomenologlcal approach to explore grief and Its Impact upon men and women who have experienced the sudden and unanticipated death of his or her partner. The use of Husserllan phenomenologlcal research Into thanatologlcal study Is a valuable method of exposing the experiences of bereaved people In a vibrant and deep manner. Husserlian phenomenology allowed the surviving partner to reveal every aspect of his or her everyday life and experlencas. It Included what grief meant to them, how It was manifested In their everyday lives and how their partner's death had Impacted upon his or her relationship with themselves, with others and the world. The stories told by the surviving partner were unique, however shared common themes.
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Ndlovu, Chazani. "The sexual dilemma of widowhood within the HIV and AIDS pandemic : a pastoral approach within the Apostolic Faith Mission Church (A.F.M.) in Zimbabwe." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/79997.
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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The current situation around widowhood sexuality is unspeakably painful. It has been established through literature review in this study that widows are the most neglected group in many societies. In Zimbabwe the unprecedented rise in the number of widows has been caused by the proliferation socio-economic, political climate coupled with the devastating effects of HIV and AIDS pandemic. HIV and AIDS pandemic has caused unimaginable suffering among all segments of society in Zimbabwe but impacts more on women and girls. HIV has increased the number of young widows in the country. This is the group which is still sexual active and they are in the church in quest to find meaning in God. The study also explored how the patriarchal society and religious norms control and manipulate women‟s sexuality. The church and the community views sex and sexuality issues as private matters. Hence, the dilemmas of widowhood sexuality are created by widows‟ failure to publicly and or share their challenges with church leadership. However, it was made clear during the study that the quest for sexual meaning becomes a challenge due to the complexities caused by HIV and AIDS pandemic. The challenge shown in this study was how to do theology and be a church where we accept that all theological formulations and institutional designs are influenced by their context. Therefore, could it be moral for the church to teach that widows embrace other sexual alternatives that are less risk to contract or transmit HIV; such as masturbation, use of sex toys and vibrators? Can these help widows reduce their sexual tension and evoke pleasure? If such or more suitable means are availed by the church how should widows be enriched to live meaningful in their faith in God? For the church to teach widows to say “no” to sexual intimacy outside marriage sound irresponsible and unrealistic to prevailing statistics of widows and their ages in church. However, the dilemma is for them to engage in sexual intimacy without creating other existential issues leading them to live in guilt- feelings and in the process lose their meaning in their God. Is the church willing to look closely to widowhood sexuality in this era of HIV and AIDS pandemic? The HIV and AIDS pandemic challenges the church to formulate policies and reframe pastoral theology in a way that is relevant to allow widows discover a God who can be compassionate and trusted to give meaning in suffering.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die huidige situasie in verband met weduweeskap en seksualiteit is onbeskryflik pynlik. Dit het duidelik geword uit die literatuuroorsig in hierdie studie dat weduwees die mees afgeskeepte groep in baie gemeenskappe is. In Zimbabwe is die ongehoorde styging in die aantal weduwees te wyte aan die groei in die slegte sosio-ekonomiese en politiese klimaat tesame met die verwoestende gevolge van die MIV en VIGS pandemie. Die MIV en VIGS pandemie het ondenkbare lyding veroorsaak in alle areas van die gemeenskap in Zimbabwe, maar dit het 'n groter invloed op vroue en jong meisies. MIV het veroorsaak dat die getal jong weduwees in hierdie land gestyg het. Dit is ook die groep wat steeds seksueel aktief is en hulle kom na die kerk in 'n soeke om betekenis te vind in God. Hierdie studie ondersoek ook hoe die patriargale gemeenskap en sy godsdienstige norme vroue se seksualiteitbeheer en manipuleer. Die kerk en die gemeenskap beskou seks en seksualiteit as 'n private aangeleentheid. Die gevolg is dat die dilemma van weduweeskap en seksualiteit geskep word deur die weduwee se versuim om haar uitdagings in die openbaar of by die kerkleiers bekend te maak. Dit het egter gedurende hierdie studie duidelik geraak dat die soeke na seksuele betekenis 'n groot uitdaging is as gevolg van die kompleksiteite wat veroorsaak word deur die MIV en VIGS pandemie. Die uitdaging wat met hierdie studie beklemtoon word, is hoe om teologie toe te pas en 'n kerk te wees wat aanvaar dat alle teologiese formulering en institusionele ontwerpe ook deur hul konteks beïnvloed word. Is dit derhalwe 'n morele probleem vir die kerk om vir weduwees aan te beveel om seksuele alternatiewe te ondersoek wat minder risiko's inhou vir die opdoen of oordra van MIV; soos masturbasie, die gebruik van seksspeelgoed en vibrators? Kan hierdie alternatiewe metodes weduwees help om hul seksuele spanning te verminder en seksuele genot te ervaar? Indien hierdie, of ander geskikte metodes, deur die kerk benut word, hoe kan weduwees verryk word deur betekenisvol tot hul geloof in God te leef? Vir die kerk om weduwees te leer om “nee” te sê vir seksuele intimiteit buite die huwelik klink onverantwoordelik en onrealisties as die heersende getal weduwees in die kerk en hul ouderdomme in ag geneem word. Die dilemma is egter vir hulle om seksuele intimiteit te beleef sonder om ander eksistensiële vraagstukke te skep, wat hulle dwing om saam te leef met skuldgevoelens en in die proses betekenis in hul God verloor. Is die kerk bereid om noukeurig te kyk na weduweeskap en seksualiteit in hierdie era van die MIV en VIGS pandemie? Die MIV en VIGS pandemie daag die kerk uit om beleide te formuleer en pastorale teologie te herdefinieer op 'n manier wat relevant is tot die ontdekking van 'n God wat medelydend en betroubaar is en wat betekenis kan gee aan lyding.
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Ortz, Courtney L. "THE INFLUENCE OF WIDOWED STATUS AND TASK COMPLEXITY ON DECISION MAKING." UKnowledge, 2013. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gerontol_etds/5.
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Widowhood is a stressful life event that can impact an individual’s everyday life, including her decision making abilities. The complexity of the decision is also likely to influence the decision making abilities of these widows. The purpose of this dissertation was to better understand widows’ decision making processes, their preferences for collaboration when making decisions, and their satisfaction with the decision outcomes. Data analysis consisted of a series of 3 (widowed status) x 2 (task complexity) ANOVAS and ANCOVAS which found that both complexity and widowed status influence decision making processes. Higher complexity led to less overall satisfaction, but none of the other satisfaction variables yielded significant results. In addition, there were no significant findings with regard to preferences for collaboration. Multiple linear regressions were conducted to better understand individual difference variables on decision processing. Restoration orientation coping, loss orientation coping, and task complexity were found to be significant for decision processing and satisfaction measures. Future studies should aim to develop decision aids for this particular population so that they are able to make better decisions.
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Streit-Horn, Jenny. "A Systematic Review of Research on After-Death Communication (ADC)." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84284/.
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In this study, after-death communication (ADC) is defined as spontaneously occurring encounters with the deceased. Reported occurrences of ADC phenomena range widely among published ADC research studies, so a systematic review of 35 studies was conducted. A rubric was developed to evaluate the methodological quality; final inter-rater reliability among three raters was r = .90. Results were used to rank the studies; the methodologically strongest studies were used to arrive at best estimate answers to four research questions/subquestions: (1) How common are experiences of ADC? How does occurrence vary by gender, age, marital status, ethnicity, religious practice, religious affiliation, financial status, physical health, educational level, and grief status? (2) To what extent do ADCrs report ADC experiences to be beneficial and/or detrimental? What are the leading benefits and/or detriments? (3) What is the incidence of research studies in which the researchers mentioned that the research participants appeared mentally healthy? (4) What is the incidence of sensory modalities—for example, visual, auditory, and kinesthetic—in which ADCs occur? Best estimate results were compiled into a one-page fact sheet that counselors and others can use to educate people who seek empirically-based information about ADC.
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Torolho, Priscila da Rocha Diodato. "Transformações psíquicas da paternidade na viuvez: uma abordagem Junguiana." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2011. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/15052.
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This study investigates the psychic transformation that occurs in the process of widowhood for fathers. It focuses on how fathers comprehend the meaning of widowhood and how it can interfere with the individuation process in light of Analytical Psychology. Qualitative interviews were conducted with three widowed men between the ages of 30 to 56. In these interviews, the impact of widowhood on the relationship between the fathers and their children were examined; specifically how their lives changed since the death of their wives/mothers respectively. The mourning process influenced how these fathers function. The results suggest that the typical experience of these fathers is that they are living in extreme conditions, where they are solely responsible for their children. These widowers with children live in different states than other fathers whose wives have not died. These states develop in adverse conditions marked by the absence of a female figure. At the same time, they show potential and opportunities for reconnection with shadow contents that have been neglected and with the anima announcing new ways and possibilities in the individuation process. The understanding of how to be a father in widowhood can be seen as a situation of psychic vulnerability caused by loss, and transformation of the self-image caused by single parenthood. It is an unusual experience that allows the construction of their own ways of being themselves and with their children
O presente estudo teve como objetivo investigar as transformações psíquicas ocorridas no exercício da paternidade no processo de viuvez, bem como compreender os significados da viuvez para o homem que é pai e como ela pode interferir no processo de individuação, à luz da Psicologia Analítica. A partir das entrevistas de natureza qualitativa e desenhos realizados com três participantes adultos, com idade entre 30 e 56 anos, foram retratadas as condições de relacionamento com os filhos e a viuvez e as particularidades das características valorizadas para a nova vivência que se impõe, a paternidade singular. As condições enfrentadas pelo processo de luto influenciam a constituição do homem como pai e o desenvolvimento de seu modo de agir e exercer a função paterna. Os resultados sugerem que as experiências típicas da paternidade são vividas em condições extremas, onde ele é o único responsável pelos filhos. Estes pais viúvos vivenciam estados diferenciados dos comumente vividos e se desenvolvem em condições adversas, marcadas pela ausência da companheira e da figura feminina. Ao mesmo tempo, demonstram potencialidades a serem descobertas e oportunidades de reconexão com conteúdos sombrios, até o momento negligenciados e com a anima, anunciando novos caminhos e novas possibilidades em seu processo de individuação. A compreensão do modo de ser pai na viuvez, pode ser vista como situação de vulnerabilidade psíquica ocasionada pela perda, e de transformação da autoimagem ocasionada pela paternidade singular. Trata-se de uma experiência inusual, que permite a construção de modos próprios de ser consigo mesmo e com os filhos
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Tremper, Kristin. ""When God Takes Away": Gendered Death Customs in Eighteenth-Century Virginia." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/74.
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Rituals surrounding death were social in addition to being religious. Virginians conveyed the status of the deceased through funerals, burials, gravestones, commemoration, and mourning. But these customs greatly differed according to gender, both in what they consisted of and who was responsible for carrying them out. This thesis examines wills, diaries, correspondence, grave markers, prints, and newspapers of eighteenth-century Virginians, which demonstrate the differences in the death customs of men and women. Because of men’s involvement in public activities like business and politics, they gave greater forethought into how acts of remembrance would reflect their positions. Women’s duties were centered on the home and family. This resulted in less elaborate death customs as well as greater responsibility for appropriately attending to the remembrance of others. Despite the overwhelmingly private nature of women’s funerals and burials, gravestones, death notices, and the responsibilities of widowhood briefly brought women into the public realm.
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Dlukulu, Puseletso Masebolao. "Black urban widows : their experiences of and coping with bereavement in a transitional society." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24765.
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Death is a drastic event in one’s life. Through grief, mourning and bereavement, people heal the hurt of their loss of a loved one. Little research exists on bereavement in Black transitional societies of South Africa. As such, the objective of this study was to explore how widows in South African transitional societies, whose husbands have died of terminal illnesses, experience bereavement, and how they cognitively process and cope with the loss. The Participants’ bereavement process was defined as starting when they become aware of their husbands’ anticipated death (anticipatory bereavement). Unstructured and structured interviews were conducted with 10 widows from the community under study and a thematic analysis was performed on the data. Five themes emerged concerning the Participants’ personal characteristics, their challenges and how they dealt with them, their experiences of stressors, and coping. Although the Participants responded to the news of the deaths of their husbands in a similar manner, there were differences in other responses, reflecting individual differences in coping strategies. Some Participants seemed more adaptive, with greater openness and flexibility in social cognition and greater problem-focused coping, while others showed more negative emotions in social interaction, greater loneliness, and expressed relatively closed and inflexible social cognition. However, positive or negative responses and coping did not necessarily determine whether bereavement would be functional or dysfunctional. It was found that the Participants’ anticipatory bereavement did not ease or shorten their sense or period of bereavement after their husband’s death. A model of the cognitive-affective-motivational-behavioural network of bereavement was developed, taking into account the role of culture and how each Participant’s cognition, affect, and the kind of attachment to their husbands motivated their behaviours in particular ways in coping effectively or ineffectively with their bereavement.Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Gazetta, Maria Luísa Barca [UNESP]. "Das mulheres de preto ao colorido das mulheres: o que será o amanhã." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/106118.
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The studies on aging made in the last decades have been revealing different aspects of that life cycle, among them, the prevalence of the women’s survival and the condition of being alone. The widowhood is pointed as one of the main causes of that condition, therefore the aged widow is, and will be, the significant parcel of the aged population of next decades. To know as the woman in the aging process after turning widow developed her sociability was the objective of that research, accomplished with 8 widows above sixty years that frequented programs of Third Age of Passos’ mining city. The widowhood along the history has been an additional factor of restrictions to the woman, favoring excluding social practices, enlarging the inequalities of gender existent in the different societies. Through the semi-structured interviews and subsequent content analysis, it was noticed that the women subject of that study were influenced by the changes of behavior and mentalities of the century XX, however they still live social prejudices regarding widow's condition. Those elderly ones in the reorganization of her everyday, after the mourning period that determined for itself, feel free to practice their choices, to intensify the social participation, through religious and social activities diversified, assuming or enlarging papers, independently of the quality of the relationship matrimonial, family and social previously existent. There are valorization of the interpersonal family, affective relationships and expectation of justness in the gender relationships.
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Gazetta, Maria Luísa Barca. "Das mulheres de preto ao colorido das mulheres / o que será o amanhã :." Franca : [s.n.], 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/106118.
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Orientador: Noêmia Pereira NevesBanca: Maria Apparecida Motta
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Banca: Iris Fenner Bertani
Banca: Claudia Regina Haponczuk de Lemos.
Resumo: Os estudos sobre envelhecimento efetuados nas últimas décadas têm desvelado diferentes aspectos desse ciclo de vida, dentre eles, a prevalência da sobrevida das mulheres e a condição de estar só. A viuvez é apontada como uma das principais causas dessa condição, portanto a idosa viúva é, e será parcela significativa da população envelhecida das próximas décadas. Conhecer como a mulher no processo de envelhecimento após tomar-se viúva desenvolveu sua sociabilidade foi o objetivo dessa pesquisa, realizada com 8 viúvas acima de sessenta anos que freqüentavam programas de Terceira Idade da cidade mineira de Passos. A viuvez, ao longo da história, tem sido um fator adicional de restrições à mulher, favorecendo práticas sociais excludentes, ampliando as desigualdades de gênero existente nas diferentes sociedades. Por meio das entrevistas semi-estruturadas e posterior análise de conteúdo, percebeu-se que as mulheres sujeitos desse estudo foram influenciadas pelas mudanças de comportamento e mentalidades do século XX, no entanto ainda vivenciam preconceitos sociais referentes a condição de viúva. Essas idosas na reorganização do seu cotidiano, após o período de "luto" que determinaram para si, sentem-se "livres" para praticar suas escolhas, intensificar a participação social, por meio de atividades religiosas e sociais diversificadas, assumindo ou ampliando papéis, independentemente da qualidade da relação conjugal, familiar e social anteriormente existente. Há valorização das relações familiares interpessoais, afetivas e expectativa de equidade nas relações gênero.
Abstract: The studies on aging made in the last decades have been revealing different aspects of that life cycle, among them, the prevalence of the women's survival and the condition of being alone. The widowhood is pointed as one of the main causes of that condition, therefore the aged widow is, and will be, the significant parcel of the aged population of next decades. To know as the woman in the aging process after turning widow developed her sociability was the objective of that research, accomplished with 8 widows above sixty years that frequented programs of Third Age of Passos' mining city. The widowhood along the history has been an additional factor of restrictions to the woman, favoring excluding social practices, enlarging the inequalities of gender existent in the different societies. Through the semi-structured interviews and subsequent content analysis, it was noticed that the women subject of that study were influenced by the changes of behavior and mentalities of the century XX, however they still live social prejudices regarding widow's condition. Those elderly ones in the reorganization of her everyday, after the "mourning" period that determined for itself, feel "free" to practice their choices, to intensify the social participation, through religious and social activities diversified, assuming or enlarging papers, independently of the quality of the relationship matrimonial, family and social previously existent. There are valorization of the interpersonal family, affective relationships and expectation of justness in the gender relationships.
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Townshend, Sarah Elizabeth. "Marriage and desire in seventeenth-century French comedy." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/6812.
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This thesis re-examines the role of marriage in the golden age of seventeenth-century French comedy. It reconsiders received wisdom on the subject to challenge acceptance of the final promise of marriage as a dénouement complet to comedy. Through an analysis of the themes of discontent, cuckoldry, fertility, non-heteronormative desire and widowhood, it offers an alternative view of what comedy can encompass. Close reading of works by Molière, Quinault, (Thomas) Corneille, (Françoise) Pascal, Ulrich and de Visé establishes that comedy can be both enjoyable and satisfying while incorporating elements that conflict with the marriage ideal. This thesis does not attempt to provide a full socio-historical reading of seventeenth-century attitudes to marriage, although an understanding of contemporary attitudes provides a starting point for close textual analysis. Critical theories, notably gender theory, are used where appropriate to further clarify the role of marriage in comedy. Chapter One presents and problematizes the framework of marriage as the structuring principle of comedy, drawing on themes of compatibility, discontent and desire. The second chapter focuses on anxiety regarding cuckoldry in comedy, relating it to the promise of marriage. An analysis of the desires of older characters in projected comedic marriages, particularly as these desires relate to fertility, is the guiding principle of Chapter Three, which also sets out essential terms of reference for the fourth chapter on widowhood and queer desire. The thesis demonstrates that rather than constituting a satisfying and happy ending, a constant challenge is posed to the promise of marriage by on-stage marriages, fears of cuckoldry, widowhood, and ‘inappropriate' or queer desires. I propose a more nuanced reading, showing that comedy can be fully satisfying and structurally complete without a final promise of marriage, and that, rather, comedy can incorporate significant elements that appear antithetical to the ideal of marriage typically associated with the genre.