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A controlled study of self-help intervention for widows
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The authors conducted a 2-year study of postbereavement adaptation in 162 widows. Sixty-eight were paired with a widow contact who provided emotional support and practical assistance. The differences between the women receiving intervention and the controls at 6, 12, and 24 months after bereavement suggested that those receiving intervention followed the same general course of adaptation as control subjects but that the rate of achieving landmark stages was accelerated for the intervention group. The Goldberg General Health Questionnaire and two indices derived from the study questionnaire confirmed the hypothesized "pathway" of adaptation" through intra- and interpersonal adaptation to resolution of overall distress and the effectiveness of the intervention.
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Metadata
- Venue
- American Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 1980-11-01
- Volume
- 137
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1380-1384
- ISSN
- 0002-953X (ISSN-L)
- 1535-7228
- OpenAlex
- W2289215536
- Cited by
- 217
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 6.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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