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This volume provides insightful analysis and theoretical interpretation of factors that contribute to a range of adjustment patterns among bereaved persons in late life. It places the experience of widowhood in late life squarely within the context of contemporary society and explores a remarkable range of associated issues. The volume is destined to become a classic; it will set the standard for future empirical investigation of the experience of bereavement among older adults. For Further Information on the CLOC Study, Please Click on CLOC |
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Preface Introduction: A History of the Changing Lives of Older Couples Study, Randolph M. Nesse, Camille B. Wortman, James S. House PART I: Studying Bereavement: Methodological Innovations and Contextual Influences PART II: Personal Consequences of Spousal Loss PART III: New Perspectives on Grief and Bereavement PART IV: Implications for Practice, Policy, and Future Research | |||||||||
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"A superb volume! Contributors to the volume, all first-tier researchers in aging and bereavement, present a comprehensive picture of the grief experience of older widowed persons, and of the practical challenges and stressors encountered in adapting to widowhood in contemporary American society. This book will become essential reading for researchers, practitioners, and those who formulate policy." -Robert O. Hansson, PhD Professor of Psychology, University of Tulsa Co-editor of Handbook of Bereavement Research: Consequences, Coping, and Care "Take the most sophisticated design you can imagine to study spousal bereavement and you have the Changing Lives of Older Couples (CLOC) Study. This book, based on the CLOC data, places the bereavement experience in social, psychological, and historical context and presents state-of-the-art work from some of the best social scientists studying bereavement today." -Debra Umberson, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Texas "This volume would be an important addition to the library of anyone whose work involves or uses bereavement theory, research, and practice. I believe the material presented in this book will have an impact on the field for some time to come." -Michael Caserta, PhD University of Utah Center on Aging "After doing research for nearly 30 years on spousal bereavement in later life I enthusiastically welcome this book by Carr, Nesse, and Wortman as it not only fills a major void in our knowledge, it also will serve as a standard and model for future investigations. This book integrates findings from perhaps the single most important study of spousal bereavement-widowhood in later life, the "Changing Lives of Older Couples" with the accumulating theoretical and research knowledge. The CLOC study is truly one-of-a-kind in that it provides before and after (bereavement and widowhood) longitudinal research-based knowledge previously unavailable. Also unique to this book is the authors discussions of the implications of their work to issues of practice and policy. The authors challenge many long-lasting and strongly held assumptions about the ways older adults adapt to widowhood and stimulate critical thinking that inspires new questions. This book will serve as a foundation for many new investigations of bereavement and widowhood and set a new standard for rigorous research and thought." -Dale A. Lund, PhD Professor, Center on Aging, University of Utah "This study provides one of the richest, most empirically valid pictures of older adulthood available in the literature. And now Deborah Carr, Randolph Nesse, and Camille Wortman have compiled results from the CLOC study into one volume that will be useful to researchers, theorists, and clinicians. Among the many contributions of the CLOC study is the shattering of myths about grief and bereavement--how people grieve and what is adaptive or maladaptive in grief. The findings of CLOC have already reshaped bereavement theories. The results and analysis presented in this book should have far-reaching effects on clinical practice and on social policies for health care and support of older adults." -Susan Nolen-Hoeksema Professor, Department of Psychology, Yale University | |||||||||
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Deborah Carr (PhD) is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University. Her research explores the social and psychological consequences of spousal loss, and both individual- and family-level influences on end-of-life health care plans and preferences. Randolph M. Nesse (MD) is Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. He is Research Professor in the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the University of Michigans Institute for Social Research, where he directs the Evolution and Human Adaptation Program. His work to bring evolutionary biology to medicine is now focused on why natural selection has left us so vulnerable to mental disorders. Camille B. Wortman (PhD) is Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is head of the departments Social and Health Psychology Program. Her research focuses on bereavement, with a particular emphasis on how people react to the sudden, traumatic death of a loved one. She has received the Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution in Psychology from the American Psychological Association for this work. | |||||||||
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