Sentences with phrase «by widowhood»

Some moms by widowhood choice in free singles.

Not exact matches

Rather, when confronted by the pastoral reality of people who wanted to remarry after widowhood, or after divorce, the Church, recognized civil marriages and focused entirely on the reintegration of the remarried into the Church through prayer and fasting.

Contrary to what I have read in several American books on widowhood, which claim that a widow is usually forgotten by her former circle of friends, all my friends — Israeli and American — have stayed in touch, and two young widows in Los Alamos who heard about the accident sought me out and have supported me with advice and understanding throughout the years since.

Central London County Court has held, at appeal, that it is seriously arguable that the differential treatment afforded by s 88 of the Housing Act 1985 to persons who become sole tenants consequent upon divorce and those who become sole tenants consequent upon widowhood is not compatible with Art 14, European Convention on Human Rights, in Samawi v Haringey LBC on 3 July.

We are guided by Utz and colleagues (2002), who examined the impact that widowhood had on both formal and informal social participation by using data from the Changing Lives of Older Couples (CLOC) study.

To assess the influence of widowhood within each sex, we considered the possible covariates of depressive symptoms identified by the results of previous population - based studies, including age, education, income, experience with chronic diseases, disability, number of children, and social participation.

The aim of this study is to (a) document variations in the mental and physical health outcomes of married and widowed respondents, (b) ascertain whether widowed persons who were previously in age heterogamous unions are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of widowhood, and (c) assess the extent to which differential selection, marital quality, and health practices during marriage account for health disparities by marital status and spousal age gap.

The inconsistent accounts likely arise because the distinct studies are conducted using different subsamples and focus on distinct dimensions of physical health, further highlighting the fact that responses to widowhood may vary widely by respondents» personal resources and contextual factors (Stroebe et al., 2007).

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.

Therefore, the generalizability of our results is limited as marriage market conditions, likelihood of transitioning into widowhood, and the health consequences of widowhood are known to differ by race, ethnicity, nativity status, and levels of education (Elwert & Christakis, 2006; Kearl & Murgia, 1985; Lichter, LeClere, & McLaughlin, 1991).