중.노년기 여성의 배우자사망에 대한 적응:사회적 지지와 자기복합성의 중재적 효과

The coping Process to the death Spouse among Middle and Old-Aged Widows; The Moderating Effect of Social Support and Self-Complexity

The study attempts to examine the moderating effects of social support and self-complexity in coping to the death of spouse among middle and old-aged widows. The important findings from the data based on the sample of 161 widows are (1) age differentiates the types of stress experienced by widows (2) social support and self-complexity may either buffer or intensify depending on the circumstances in which widows reside in the negative effects of stress on psychological health among widows and (3) the moderating role of social support and self-complexity differs according to age of widows with older widows being more affected by these coping resources The results of the study support the assumptions drawn from Life-Course Perspective to explain the coping process to the death of spouse.