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Direct linkCheek, Cheryl – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2010
This qualitative study of nine women examined the changes in their everyday lives as they cared for their terminally-ill husbands and after their husbands died. It also studied how the women coped with these changes, and how their coping contributed to their identity change from wife to widow. Symbolic interaction was utilized to study the changes…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Females, Spouses, Terminal Illness
Peer reviewedAndersen, Barbara L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1992
Reviews experimental and quasi-experimental studies of psychological interventions designed to help individuals diagnosed with cancer reduce emotional distress, enhance coping, and improve their adjustment to the illness. Treatment components and mechanisms are discussed. Future research directions and challenges to scientific advance are…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cancer, Chronic Illness, Coping
