Adjusting to Widowhood: Do Social Networks Really Make It Easier?
- 1 February 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 29 (1) , 101-107
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/29.1.101
Abstract
Positive and negative aspects of relations with friends and family were examined among groups of widows in focus-group discussions, where relationships mentioned were coded as positive or negative. Approximately 40% of all mentions were negative, with family members receiving more negative mentions. Family relations showed commitments involving both problematic obligations and an inability to avoid undesirable behavior. Non-family relations showed flexibility, with increases in positive relationships and decreases in negative ones.Keywords
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