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Ben-Zur, Hasida; Michael, Keren – Death Studies, 2009
A sample of 196 participants (mean age 45.94 years, 54% women) completed inventories assessing upward and downward positive and negative social comparisons and general well-being. Widows and widowers were higher on upward negative comparisons than divorced or married persons while being lower on well-being measures of life satisfaction and…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Self Concept, Widowed, Divorce
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Bishop, Alex J.; Martin, Peter – Educational Gerontology, 2007
This investigation examined the indirect influence of past educational attainment on current feelings of loneliness across a sample of unmarried older adults. Participants in this study included 227 community-dwelling individuals, age 65 to 94, who were never-married, divorced, or widowed. The developmental adaptation model (Martin & Martin,…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Widowed, Older Adults, Educational Attainment