Resilient Widowers

ìThis is a most impressive work on a much needed and neglected area of older men who lost their spouses. Moore and Stratton listened to what these men had to say and presented us with such a rich mosaic of feelings, experiences, and hypotheses for future research.î
- Leonard Poon, PhD, Dr Phil hc
Professor of Psychology
Chair, Faculty of Gerontology
Director, University of Georgia Gerontology Center

Based on the authors' intensive qualitative study of a diverse group of 51 widowers, this unique book sets widowhood within the context of life experience. It identifies characteristics and patterns of behavior that contribute to widowerís success, as well as lack of success, in adjusting satisfactorily to their circumstances.

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface

1. Studying Resilience in Widowers
2. Models of Resilience
3. What Was Lost: Wives and Marriages
4. Illness and Death of Wife
5. Caregiving and Communication
6. Saying Good-bye
7. Grief and Adjustment
8. Living Alone
9. Remarriage
10. Life Values Carried Forward
11. Adult Children and Other Social Support
12. Cohorts and the Future

Appenix A: Methodology
Appendix B: Interview Topics
Appendix C: Respondents and Characteristics
Index