Bereavement and Health: The Psychological and Physical Consequences of Partner Loss

by Wolfgang Stroebe, Margaret S. Stroebe

Overview

Bereavement and Health offers the first comprehensive review of what is known about the impact of bereavement on surviving partners. Drawing on the work of psychologists, sociologists, epidemiologists, and psychiatrists, the authors offer a theoretically coherent perspective focused on conjugal love. After thoroughly discussing different stress and depression models of bereavement, they present their own theoretical approach, emphasizing social contacts and the interpersonal nature of grief. The psychological and medical consequences of grief are then examined. In evaluating their relevant findings, they consider important methodological issues that often have been neglected in research on bereavement. The Stroebes' combination of theoretical integrtion and methodological rigor will make Bereavement and Health a standard text for years to come.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521287104
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/25/1987
Series:	Psychology of Social Issues
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.29(h) x 1.02(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The symptomatology of grief; 3. Is grief universal? cultural variations in the emotional reactions to loss; 4. Depression models of grief; 5. Stress models of grief; 6. Mediators between stress and illness; 7. The loss effect: health consequences of marital bereavement; 8. Risk factors in bereavement outcome; 9. Reducing the risk of poor bereavement outcome; References; Author index; Subject index.

Editorial Reviews

"[It] will be a useful resource for students and researchers in the areas of bereavement and of stress and coping generally. Its methodological rigor and interdisciplinary approach make it a unique contribution to scholarship in these areas." Contemporary Psychology

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