A Comparison of Coping Strategies of African American and Caucasian Widows
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13630376 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sakinah N Salahu-Din (Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, Connecticut, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 103-120 |
| Publication date | 1996-10-01 |
| 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/fx8m-7dju-8bb1-nu2x |
| OpenAlex | W2003578423 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 18 |
This study, based on in-depth qualitative interviews with three Caucasian widows and four African-American widows, describes and compares the women's selection of coping strategies to deal with problems occurring after the death of their husbands. Results of this investigation suggest more similarities than differences in coping strategies adopted to deal with loneliness, difficulties with children, health issues, loss of task support, and the use of social support networks as a coping mechanism. Although the husbands' death was devastating, personal growth experiences were positive results of the loss. This study also suggests implications for professionals working with both Black and white widows
Coping (psychology · Coping behavior · Loneliness · Qualitative research · Social support · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
Reduction in Leisure Activity and Well-Being During the Transition to Widowhood
A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of Widowhood for African-American Women
Future Directions in Adult Bereavement Research
Leisure Activity and Depressive Symptoms of Widowed and Married Women in Later Life
African Americans in Bereavement
Women as widows
Widowhood in an American city.
Social Research Methods
Positive Aspects of Critical Life Problems
The social context of grief among adult daughters who have lost a parent
The importance of conceiving of grief as an active process
Naturalistic inquiry
In a different voice
Qualitative research methods for the social sciences
The effect of widowhood on health
Expressively Black
Adjustment to Widowhood and Divorce
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2008 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |