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Spousal Death, A Threat To Women's Health: Paid Work as A “Resistance Resource”
Author(s) -
Aber Cynthia S.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1992.tb00231.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , psychology , gerontology , sample (material) , resistance (ecology) , demography , medicine , clinical psychology , sociology , engineering , chemistry , chromatography , mechanical engineering , ecology , biology
This study examined the paid work role as a predictor of widows’health during conjugal bereavement. The sample of widows aged 55‐75 bereaved for two years prior to the study (N=157) was identified through recorded death certificates as the surviving spouses of deceased men. Work history and work attitude were statistically significant predictors of health during bereavement.