Overcoming widowhood in old age: the use of coping strategies

Widowhood is one of the hardest emotional challenges in the life course. This research investigated coping strategies used by a group of 30 widowed elders. The results indicated that widows and widowers tend to employ more frequently actionbased coping and religious practice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Thaisa Gapski Pereira Galicioli, Ewellyne Suely de Lima Lopes, Dóris Firmino Rabelo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 2013-10-01
Series:	Kairós Gerontologia
Subjects:	Viuvez Idoso Coping
Online Access:	http://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/kairos/article/view/17048

id	doaj-bd7fe6b0089c4392b9d23aaed39186a5
record_format	Article
spelling	doaj-bd7fe6b0089c4392b9d23aaed39186a52020-11-24T23:02:57ZengPontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloKairós Gerontologia1516-25672176-901X2013-10-0115022523712208Overcoming widowhood in old age: the use of coping strategiesThaisa Gapski Pereira GalicioliEwellyne Suely de Lima LopesDóris Firmino RabeloWidowhood is one of the hardest emotional challenges in the life course. This research investigated coping strategies used by a group of 30 widowed elders. The results indicated that widows and widowers tend to employ more frequently actionbased coping and religious practice.http://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/kairos/article/view/17048ViuvezIdosoCoping
collection	DOAJ
language	English
format	Article
sources	DOAJ
author	Thaisa Gapski Pereira Galicioli Ewellyne Suely de Lima Lopes Dóris Firmino Rabelo
spellingShingle	Thaisa Gapski Pereira Galicioli Ewellyne Suely de Lima Lopes Dóris Firmino Rabelo Overcoming widowhood in old age: the use of coping strategies Kairós Gerontologia Viuvez Idoso Coping
author_facet	Thaisa Gapski Pereira Galicioli Ewellyne Suely de Lima Lopes Dóris Firmino Rabelo
author_sort	Thaisa Gapski Pereira Galicioli
title	Overcoming widowhood in old age: the use of coping strategies
title_short	Overcoming widowhood in old age: the use of coping strategies
title_full	Overcoming widowhood in old age: the use of coping strategies
title_fullStr	Overcoming widowhood in old age: the use of coping strategies
title_full_unstemmed	Overcoming widowhood in old age: the use of coping strategies
title_sort	overcoming widowhood in old age: the use of coping strategies
publisher	Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
series	Kairós Gerontologia
issn	1516-2567 2176-901X
publishDate	2013-10-01
description	Widowhood is one of the hardest emotional challenges in the life course. This research investigated coping strategies used by a group of 30 widowed elders. The results indicated that widows and widowers tend to employ more frequently actionbased coping and religious practice.
topic	Viuvez Idoso Coping
url	http://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/kairos/article/view/17048
work_keys_str_mv	AT thaisagapskipereiragalicioli overcomingwidowhoodinoldagetheuseofcopingstrategies AT ewellynesuelydelimalopes overcomingwidowhoodinoldagetheuseofcopingstrategies AT dorisfirminorabelo overcomingwidowhoodinoldagetheuseofcopingstrategies
_version_	1725634435349479424

Overcoming widowhood in old age: the use of coping strategies

Similar Items