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dc.contributor.authorFreak-Poli, Rosanne-
dc.contributor.authorKung, Claryn S J-
dc.contributor.authorRyan, Joanne-
dc.contributor.authorShields, Michael A-
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-01T00:50:47Z-
dc.date.available2022-09-01T00:50:47Z-
dc.date.issued2022-05-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10620/18620-
dc.description.abstractWe provide new evidence on the profiles of social isolation, social support, and loneliness before and after spousal death for older widows. We also examine the moderating effects of gender and financial resources on changes in social health before and after widowhood. We use 19 waves of data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, including 749 widowed individuals and a comparison group of around 8,000 married individuals. We apply coarsened exact matching weights and control for age and time trends. Local polynomial smoothed plots show the profiles of social health from 3 years pre- to 3 years postspousal death. All analyses were stratified by gender. Spousal death was strongly associated with increased loneliness for women and men, but also an increase in interactions with friends and family not living with the bereaved. For men, financial resources (both income and asset wealth) provided some protection against loneliness. Spousal death was not associated with changes in social support or participation in community activities. We demonstrate that loneliness is a greater challenge of widowhood than social isolation or a lack of social support. Our findings suggest that interventions focusing only on increasing social interactions are unlikely to alleviate loneliness following spousal death. Moreover, policies that reduce the cost of formal social participation may have limited effectiveness in tackling loneliness, particularly for women. Alternative strategies, such as helping the bereaved form a new sense of identity and screening for loneliness around widowhood by health care workers, could be beneficial.en
dc.language.isoen-
dc.relation.ispartofThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences-
dc.titleSocial Isolation, Social Support, and Loneliness Profiles Before and After Spousal Death and the Buffering Role of Financial Resourcesen
dc.typeJournal Articlesen
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/geronb/gbac039en
dc.identifier.urlhttps://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/article/77/5/956/6562969?login=trueen
dc.identifier.surveyHILDAen
dc.description.keywordsFinancial resourcesen
dc.description.keywordsLonelinessen
dc.description.keywordsSocial isolationen
dc.description.keywordsSocial supporten
dc.description.keywordsWealthen
dc.description.keywordsWidowhooden
dc.identifier.volume77en
dc.description.pages956–971en
dc.identifier.issue5en
dc.title.bookThe Journals of Gerontology: Series Ben
dc.subject.dssFamilies and relationshipsen
dc.subject.dssIncome, wealth and financesen
dc.subject.dssSocial engagementen
dc.relation.surveyHILDAen
item.languageiso639-1en-
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