Reactions of Older Women to the Death of Their Close Friends

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13629447
AutoresKaren A Roberto (0000-0003-1153-1811, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, autor correspondente), Pat Ianni Stanis (University of Northern Colorado, Greeley)
Ano1994
Volume29
Fascículo1
Páginas17-27
Data de publicação1994-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/kkgd-hr3f-cky4-58pm
OpenAlexW2011204221
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas19

In this study we examined the reactions of thirty-eight older women to the death of their close friends. The sense of loss that the women felt when their close friends died resulted in the development of new and closer relationships with other friends and relatives. The women's primary advice to others who had lost a close friend was to remember their friend, seek out new friendships, and be active. Differences in the women's responses were observed according to their age, marital status, and health. Results pointed to the need for increased recognition, research, and support of individuals who experience the death of close friends in later life

Developmental psychology · Friendship · Marital status · Population · Sociology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Demography · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology