Sentences with phrase «widowhood which»

The same applies to the husband's awareness of the unique self - esteem problems of women faced with changing sex roles, the continuing dual - standard in many areas, the increasing period of life after the children are raised and the problem of finding significance therein, and the preparation for creative widowhood which faces the vast majority of women in our culture.

Not exact matches

In societies such as Belgium and the Netherlands in which euthanasia consciousness has been popularly embraced, doctor - facilitated suicide is available to the dying, the disabled, the elderly, the mentally ill — and even some married couples who choose death over the prospect of future widowhood.

The study examined whether becoming a volunteer at the time of widowhood is associated with reducing the risks of loneliness, which is a significant public health concern, particularly for those who have lost a spouse, linked to poorer physical health, depression and even earlier mortality.

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.

But, the aloneness which goes with widowhood can be the most difficult to manage.

You know, the movie in which Judi Dench as Queen Victoria develops a close platonic friendship — or maybe even a romance — with royal groundskeeper John Brown in the early years of her widowhood, in the 1860s.

About the author: Radziwill is a star on «The Real Housewives of New York,» who honed her writing chops with a best - selling memoir, What Remains, which explores her own widowhood.

«I think part of this whole thing is there is a group of people out there that are suddenly single — which we are both members of — and whether you come to it from divorce or you come to it through widowhood, that... sense of having the rug dragged out from under you,» said Vaz - Oxlade, a three - time divorcee.

Widows cohabiting with adult children can receive greater financial, instrumental, emotional, and physical support, which may buffer the distress associated with widowhood.

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.

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.