Resource Tag: WIDOWHOOD

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This article is an English translation. The original Spanish text is also available.

This booklet describes a therapist’s experience of her husband’s suicide, and her advice and suggestions on how to recover from the suicide of a family member.

This study examined whether symptoms of complicated grief predicted suicide ideation during a depressive episode in elderly bereaved individuals. Data was obtained from 130 elderly participants who had lost their spouses within the past 2 years. Findings suggest that the condition of having high levels of complicated grief symptoms & depressive symptoms appears to make […]

The grief process is explored & analyzed as men experience it. The book illustrates, through first-hand accounts, some different ways in which men have successfully come to grips with their loss. 16 stories are presented; each is followed by an analytical commentary.

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This document reports on an evaluation of group postvention during the bereavement process of widows & widowers who have lost a spouse through suicide. It includes research hypothesis & methodology. Preliminary results show no statistically significant differences between the effects of Bereavement Group Postvention (BGP) & Social Group Postvention (SPG). The implications for psychiatric-mental health […]

This article describes analyses of mortality after bereavement based on a national random sample of 503 elderly people widowed in 1979. This analyses builds on earlier analyses at 5 & 6 years after bereavement. Over the 13.5-year period analyzed, 62% of the sample had died. Although earlier analyses had indicated excess mortality in the first […]

Based on a 12-year follow-up study in Maryland, suicide mortality in a cohort of 6266 white married & 3486 white widowed persons was examined. Suicide rates were 28.7 per 100,000 for the married & 40.4 for the widowed. This article discusses the interaction effect between bereavement & sex. Risk of suicide for widowed men was […]

The widow of a spouse who has committed suicide must cope with issues related to depression, anger, blame, guilt, & the stigma of suicide. The predominant need of widows was to talk in an environment of acceptance & understanding which could only be provided by other people with the same experience. Suggestions for caregivers include: […]

This article profiles “grunge queen” Courtney Love, widow of rock star Kurt Cobain (April 1994 suicide). Described as becoming the most powerful female rock icon in the country, Love thinks everyone wants her dead. The author talks to her about sex, drugs, her daughter, her husband & his suicide.Love reflects on her childhood. Her mother […]

This book contains the stories of 7 widows, and their grieving/recovery process after the death of their husbands. One story is that of Debby, whose husband committed suicide. Excerpts from Debby’s journal entries are included, up to an entry written more than 5 years after her husband’s death, where she reflects on her previous entries […]

The study reported in this article examined whether an individual’s propensity to experience emotional distress & restraint are predictive of grief intensity. Sample: 51 older widow(er)s. Characteristic distress was found to be a significant predictor of present grief intensity, whereas repressive defensiveness was found to predict past grief, as recalled from the time of loss. […]

This paper evaluates the validity of the distinction between the depressive syndrome associated with uncomplicated bereavement and major depression by following the course, associated symptoms, & impairment associated with depressive episodes occurring in bereaved widows & widowers. 259 subjects were interviewed & completed the San Diego Widowhood Questionnaire. Ss were diagnodFsed according to the DSMIII-R […]

Adaptation patterns over the first 18 months of bereavement, represented by levels of subjective stress & depression, were identified in 114 widows & 45 widowers. They included: low-stable, high-stable, ascending, & descending distress. A single function discriminated between courses of adaptation. Inspection of correlating variables (anticipatory grief, concurrent stressors, social & spiritual support) suggested it […]

The authors describe their research in which they evaluated group postvention during the bereavement process of widows & widowers who spouse died of suicide. One of the aims of the research was to evaluate the efficacy of 2 nursing postvention programs. To date, 16 subjects had entered into the study. Preliminary results indicate that both […]

This study utilizes social indicator time series regression models to determine if trends in male suicide are differentially affected by underlying structural factors. Some of the findings are: 1) changes in family structure & relative cohort size contribute to the variation in adolescent & young-adult white male suicide rates; & 2) suicide trends of the […]