Product Description

Ashland Univ. Based on the authors' qualitative study of a diverse group of 51 widowers. Sets widowhood within the context of life experience and identifies characteristics and patterns of behavior contributing to the widower's success and lack of success in adjustment.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1110520 in Books
• Published on: 2001-12-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Review
"This is a most impressive work on a much needed and neglected area of older men who lost their spouses. Moore and Stratton listened to what these men had to say and presented us with such a rich mosaic of feelings, experiences, and hypotheses for future research." - Leonard Poon, PhD, Dr Phil hc Professor of Psychology Chair, Faculty of Gerontology Director, University of Georgia Gerontology Center"

About the Author

Alinde Moore is chair and associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Ashland University, where she has taught since 1985. She has chaired the department since 1989. She earned her MS at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, and her PhD in educational psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her doctoral dissertation involved a 5-year qualitative study of the coping skills of poor elderly women trying to live as independently as possible in their own homes. In Ashland, Ohio, she helped found the local hospice, served on the local hospice board for eight years, and served on the state hospice board for three years. She continues to help train hospice volunteers.

Dorothy Stratton is chair of the Department of Social Work at Ashland University, where she has taught since 1984. She has administrated the social work program since 1986. she earned her MSW at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW) and a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) in the state of Ohio. Her interest in men's issues developed as a result of teaching male inmates in the Ohio correctional system. She developed interdisciplinary course in Men's Issues and in Family Violence; both courses have been taught in the correctional system and on the main campus. She is past president of the Ohio College Association of Social Work Educators.