The Social Adjustment of Single and Widowed Older Women.

Norris, Joan E.

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ERIC Number: EJ245475

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Publication Date: 1980

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The Social Adjustment of Single and Widowed Older Women.

Norris, Joan E.

Essence: Issues in the Study of Ageing, Dying, and Death, v4 n3 p135-44 1980

Compared single retired women and widows for the extent of their social involvement and degree of adjustment to old age. Widows were more socially engaged than singles, primarily because of their involvement in kinship roles. Never-married women were better adjusted than the widows. (Author)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aging (Individuals), Comparative Analysis, Emotional Adjustment, Family Relationship, Females, Foreign Countries, Gerontology, Older Adults, Retirement, Social Adjustment, Widowed

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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