TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining the 16-year trajectories of mental health and wellbeing through the transition into widowhood
AU - Burns, Richard
AU - Browning, Colette Joy
AU - Kendig, Hal
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Becoming widowed is a significant event. There is considerable evidence that surviving partners report substantial changes in their wellbeing and mental health. Changes can occur prior to partner s death as an anticipatory effect and consequently during the period after partner s death. For most, declines in wellbeing and mental health dissipate over time. However, there is a limited long-term evidence to compare age-normative trajectories in mental health and wellbeing with the trajectories of those who transition into widowhood.
AB - Becoming widowed is a significant event. There is considerable evidence that surviving partners report substantial changes in their wellbeing and mental health. Changes can occur prior to partner s death as an anticipatory effect and consequently during the period after partner s death. For most, declines in wellbeing and mental health dissipate over time. However, there is a limited long-term evidence to compare age-normative trajectories in mental health and wellbeing with the trajectories of those who transition into widowhood.
UR - http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=IPG
U2 - 10.1017/S1041610215000472
DO - 10.1017/S1041610215000472
M3 - Article
SN - 1041-6102
VL - 27
SP - 1979
EP - 1986
JO - International Psychogeriatrics
JF - International Psychogeriatrics
IS - 12
ER -
