Am J Psychiatry 1980; 137:1380-1384
Copyright © 1980 by American Psychiatric Association
A controlled study of self-help intervention for widows
ML Vachon, WA Lyall, J Rogers, K Freedman-Letofsky and SJ Freeman
The authors conducted a 2-year study of postbereavement adaptation in 162
widows. Sixty-eight were paired with a widow contact who provided emotional
support and practical assistance. The differences between the women
receiving intervention and the controls at 6, 12, and 24 months after
bereavement suggested that those receiving intervention followed the same
general course of adaptation as control subjects but that the rate of
achieving landmark stages was accelerated for the intervention group. The
Goldberg General Health Questionnaire and two indices derived from the
study questionnaire confirmed the hypothesized "pathway" of adaptation"
through intra- and interpersonal adaptation to resolution of overall
distress and the effectiveness of the intervention.
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