Sibling Bereavement in Late Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628904 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith C Hays (0000-0003-2069-3038, Duke Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, corresponding author), Deborah T Gold (Duke Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina), Carl F Pieper (0000-0003-4809-1725, Duke Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-42 |
| Publication date | 1997-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/ye89-2gu8-c8u3-mrnx |
| OpenAlex | W1978436518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 23 |
Elders are more likely to confront the death of a sibling than any other kinship bereavement. Yet we know almost nothing about the impact of sibling deaths on older adults. We used attachment theory to generate hypotheses about the impact of this life event on physical health, mood, social support, and economic outcomes in late life. At the Duke University site of a large multi-center epidemiologic study (EPESE), 3173 elderly community-dwellers provided data on bereavements experienced in the past year as well as on demographic, health-related, and socioeconomic characteristics. Bereaved siblings were more functionally and cognitively impaired than bereaved friends and rated their overall health as worse than bereaved spouses or bereaved friends who were similarly impaired. Brothers and sisters bereaved of a brother reported excess financial hardship and mood impairment, respectively. Terminal care programs should screen for excess risk among surviving siblings and plan for assisting these survivors in adaptation to this loss
Brother · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Kinship · Mood · Population · Psychiatry · Sibling · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Family Support in Illness · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology
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Exploring the psychometric properties of the Texas revised grief scale
The past as a resource for the bereaved
Kinship bereavement and psychological well-being of U.S. Chinese older women and men
The impact of family deaths on older people
Bereavement Among African American and White Older Adults
Difficulties Accepting the Loss of a Spouse
The Death of a Loved One
Late-Life Bereavement
Bereavement in Very Old Age
Nonspousal Family Loss among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Adult Sibling Bereavement
Adulthood and aging
Bereavement and Health
A Measure of Primary Sociobiological Functions
An Epidemiology of Disability among Adults in the United States
The Measurement of Life Satisfaction
A Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire for the Assessment of Organic Brain Deficit in Elderly Patients†
The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds
Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.
The CES-D Scale
Age and Awareness of Finitude in Developmental Gerontology
Alternative models of the stress buffering hypothesis
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis
The Three R's of Life Cycle Sibships
The Impact of the Death of an Elderly Sibling
Siblings as Friends in Later Life
Generational Solidarity
| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2026 (31) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |