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It's a whole new world: self-esteem and widowhood in older women in a retirement community

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dc.contributor.authorArchibald, Krystle Balhan, author
dc.contributor.authorVacha-Haase, Tammi, advisor
dc.contributor.authorFruhauf, Christine A., committee member
dc.contributor.authorStallones, Lorann, committee member
dc.contributor.authorRickard, Kathryn Marie, 1957-, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:45:55Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:45:55Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionDepartment Head: Ernest L. Chavez.
dc.description.abstractWith estimates of nearly 50% of all women over age 65 becoming widows, the transition into widowhood is an expected life event for older women (Bradsher, 2001; Hanson & Hayslip, 2000). Nonetheless, widowhood is often an extremely disruptive life event for women, involving loss in many life domains including status, social connections, psychological well-being, and self-esteem (Carr, 2004; Carr, Nesse, & Wortman, 2006; Chamber, 2005). The current interpretive phenomenological study explored widows' lived experiences in relation to their self-esteem after the loss of their spouses. Thirteen women from a retirement community in Arizona were interviewed. A core theme of multiple identity construction emerged from their narratives. Other important subthemes arose from the data including "the widowhood experience," "relationships," "self-esteem definitions and sources," and "independence."
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dc.format.mediumdoctoral dissertations
dc.identifier2010_Summer_Archibald_Krystle.pdf
dc.identifierArchibald_colostate_0053A_10084.pdf
dc.identifierETDF2010100007PSYC
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/39319
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.subjectwomen
dc.subjectwidowhood
dc.subjectself-esteem
dc.subjectqualitative
dc.subject.lcshWidowhood -- Social aspects
dc.subject.lcshWidowhood -- Psychological aspects
dc.subject.lcshSelf-esteem in women
dc.subject.lcshSelf-esteem in old age
dc.titleIt's a whole new world: self-esteem and widowhood in older women in a retirement community
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thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

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