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Editor's choice Widowhood and Depression: New Light on Gender Differences, Selection, and Psychological Adjustment

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  • Isaac Sasson
  • Debra J. Umberson

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Objectives. To document short- and long-term trajectories of depressive symptoms following widowhood and to test whether these trajectories vary by gender and anticipatory spousal loss.

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  • Isaac Sasson & Debra J. Umberson, 2014. "Editor's choice Widowhood and Depression: New Light on Gender Differences, Selection, and Psychological Adjustment," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 69(1), pages 135-145.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:69b:y:2014:i:1:p:135-145.
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    1. Streeter, Jialu L., 2020. "Gender differences in widowhood in the short-run and long-run: Financial, emotional, and mental wellbeing," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 17(C).
    2. Iris Meulman & Bette Loef & Niek Stadhouders & Tron Anders Moger & Albert Wong & Johan J. Polder & Ellen Uiters, 2023. "Estimating healthcare expenditures after becoming divorced or widowed using propensity score matching," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 24(7), pages 1047-1060, September.
    3. Xinfeng Cheng & Xiaomin Li & Huijun Liu & Theodore D. Cosco & Wenjie Duan, 2021. "Widowhood and the Subjective Well-Being of Older People in China: the Mediating Effects of Lifestyle," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 16(2), pages 875-890, April.
    4. Su Ching Kuo & Jia Ling Sun & Siew Tzuh Tang, 2017. "Trajectories of depressive symptoms for bereaved family members of chronically ill patients: a systematic review," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 26(23-24), pages 3784-3799, December.
    5. Franziska Förster & Melanie Luppa & Alexander Pabst & Kathrin Heser & Luca Kleineidam & Angela Fuchs & Michael Pentzek & Hanna Kaduszkiewicz & Carolin van der Leeden & André Hajek & Hans-Helmut König , 2021. "The Role of Social Isolation and the Development of Depression. A Comparison of the Widowed and Married Oldest Old in Germany," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-12, June.
    6. Anne Lise Holm & Elisabeth Severinsson & Astrid Karin Berland, 2019. "The Meaning of Bereavement Following Spousal Loss: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Older Adults," SAGE Open, , vol. 9(4), pages 21582440198, December.
    7. Das, Aniruddha, 2019. "Loneliness does (not) have cardiometabolic effects: A longitudinal study of older adults in two countries," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 223(C), pages 104-112.
    8. Yang, Fang & Gu, Danan, 2021. "Widowhood, widowhood duration, and loneliness among older adults in China," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 283(C).
    9. Baek, Jiwon & Kim, Go-Un & Song, Kijun & Kim, Heejung, 2023. "Decreasing patterns of depression in living alone across middle-aged and older men and women using a longitudinal mixed-effects model," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 317(C).

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