WIDOWS IN RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES - THE SOCIAL-CONTEXT OF SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING

Authors
HONG LK DUFF RW
Citation
Lk. Hong et Rw. Duff, WIDOWS IN RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES - THE SOCIAL-CONTEXT OF SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING, The Gerontologist, 34(3), 1994, pp. 347-352
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
The Gerontologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00169013
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
347 - 352
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-9013(1994)34:3<347:WIRC-T>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
This study focuses on why some widows were satisfied in retirement com munities and some were not. Satisfied widows were more socially active and were the majority in the community. Widows and marrieds differed in social interactions contingent on which group was in the majority. The ratio of marrieds to widows in a community may lead to different s ocial interaction in the two groups which, in turn, may influence wido ws' satisfaction.