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- Title
A TALE OF TWO COUNTIES: BEREAVEMENT IN SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE PLACES.
- Authors
Lund, Dale; Caserta, Michael; Utz, Rebecca; Devries, Brian
- Abstract
The "Living After Loss" study was designed to test the effectiveness of the dual process model (DPM) of coping with bereavement. In order to obtain a larger and more diverse sample we studied 328 recently widowed men and women (61%) age 50+ in two counties, Salt Lake (SL) (n = 197) and San Francisco (SF) (n = 131) in two states, Utah and California. This article does not report on the effects of the intervention but focuses on a comparison of the bereaved spouses/partners in these two cites. First, the only socio- demographic differences we found between those in SF and SL were that those in San Francisco were more racially, ethnically, and religiously diverse; higher in education; had slightly fewer years in their relationship to the deceased; and were 2 weeks longer in their grief process. Second, there were far more similarities than differences between SF and SL regarding nearly all of the study variables. Third, we found that those in SF had more positive qualitative features in their friendship support networks and that for bereaved in both counties, we found strong associations with having highly supportive friend-based networks and more positive bereavement adjustments (especially experiencing lower levels of loneliness and depression). Limitations and suggestions for future research are described.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; UTAH; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; ANALYSIS of variance; BEREAVEMENT; CHI-squared test; DEPRESSION in old age; LONELINESS; PROBABILITY theory; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; RESEARCH funding
- Publication
Illness, Crisis & Loss, 2010, Vol 18, Issue 4, p301
- ISSN
1054-1373
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2190/IL.18.4.b