Multiple - classification analysis and analysis of covariance were employed to examine the relationship
between widowhood and social ties after adjusting for the other covariates.
Drawing from the research and theory discussed earlier, we develop the following hypotheses regarding the relationship
between widowhood, age heterogamy, and health.
The present study examined the influence of social ties in the relationship
between widowhood and depressive symptoms in older Koreans.
This study examines the impact of social ties on the relationship
between widowhood and depressive symptoms among the older Korean population.
We attribute the absence of a statistically significant association
between widowhood and physical health to the fact that we relied on a global measure of health because of our interest on overall levels of physical health.
Second, future work would benefit from investigating the dynamics of racial and ethnic differences in the link
between widowhood, age heterogamy, and health of the surviving spouse.
The coefficient for the interaction term
between widowhood and spousal age gap does not change with the addition of these covariates.
In conclusion, social ties with children partially mediated and also moderated the relationship
between widowhood and depressive symptoms in older Koreans.
Finally, the current state of the literature would benefit from examining cohort differences and the length of widowhood as potential covariates in the relationship
between widowhood and late life health.
Multiple linear regression was used to evaluate the influence of social ties as the mediators and moderators on the relationship
between widowhood and depressive symptoms.
The final goal of this study was to test the robustness of the relationships
between widowhood and formal and informal social participation as well as formal and informal volunteerism.
As the stated goal was to attempt a quasi-replication of the Utz and colleagues» findings, the relationships that were reproduced in these analyses included the significant relationship
between widowhood and greater informal social participation, as well as between gender and informal social participation.
Specifically, our analyses revealed a significant relationship
between widowhood status and higher levels of formal social participation.
Not exact matches
Two problems stand
between Gilly and contented
widowhood.
Specifically, we find a positive relationship
between recent
widowhood and informal social participation.
Indeed, quality of relationship with children accounted for almost 51.52 % of the effect of
widowhood on depression in women, but only 11.36 % of the difference
between married men and widowers.
This article examines whether individuals in age heterogamous unions (i.e., large age differentials
between spouses) are particularly vulnerable to the adverse health consequences of
widowhood.
We were able to conclude that the relationship
between widowed status and depressive symptoms is mediated by the quality of relationship with children (widowed status → lower quality of relationship with children → depressive symptoms) and that a reduced quality of relationship with children may be one mechanism by which
widowhood is linked with depressive symptoms of older Koreans.
It reveals that differential selectivity, marital quality, and health practices explain health disparities
between married and widowed persons, but they fail to explain why widowed persons previously in age heterogamous unions are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of
widowhood than their counterparts in age homogamous unions.
Our results suggest that differential selection accounts for some of the health disparities
between married and widowed persons, but it fails to explain why individuals in age heterogamous unions are particularly vulnerable to the adverse consequences of
widowhood for health.
We use this sample and assess the health status of all respondents when they are
between the ages of 64 and 65 and document health disparities
between those who remained married and those who transitioned into
widowhood «early»
between the ages of 53 and 66.
Our analytical sample consists of WLS graduates who (a) married their spouses prior to 1992; (b) are married in 1992/93; and (c) either remained continuously married or transitioned into
widowhood between 1992/93 and 2003/05 (4,505 cases or 43.7 %).