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Widowhood and Depression

Gender Differences

Gary R. Lee

Bowling Green State University, grlee{at}bgnet.bgsu.edu

Marion C. Willetts

Keene State College

Karen Seccombe

University of Florida

Hypotheses predicting why widowhood should be more difficult psychologically for men than women are tested on a sample of 746 older persons. Widowhood does have a stronger effect on depression for men, partly because of the intervening effects of health and time since widowhood. However, much of the gender difference remains unexplained. Possible causes, including the fact that widowhood is a more usual component of the life cycle for women, are discussed.

Research on Aging, Vol. 20, No. 5, 611-630 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/0164027598205004
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