Psychological and parental functioning of widowed fathers: The first two years.

ABSTRACT: Widowed parents play a critical role in promoting family adaptation and facilitating their children's adjustment to the loss of a parent; yet the psychological wellbeing of these parents has received scant attention. In this study we examined depressive symptoms and grief intensity in 252 spousally bereaved men with dependent-age children. Participants learned of the study and completed initial surveys at variable time points during their first 2 years of bereavement. Depressive and grief symptoms remained persistently high, with 45% of the sample exceeding screening thresholds for clinically significant depressive symptoms two years after the death of their spouses. In linear regression models, higher intensity or frequency of depression and grief symptoms were associated with poorer psyc

SUBMITTER: Yopp JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6886257 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature