The Widow's View of Her Dependent Children

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This paper reports observations made as part of the Widow-to-Widow program, an experiment in preventive intervention in which every newly-widowed woman under the age of 60 in a community of 250,000 was contacted by another widow to provide her with friendship and help during the critical period immediately after the death of her husband. Data presented here concern the widow's view of her child's reactions to the death, and her ability to maintain her own maternal role. The availability and utilization of helping resources in the community was also studied. Discussion centers around the widow's difficulties in responding to the child's communications and needs following the bereavement.

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