Does widowhood affect memory performance of older persons?
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Does widowhood affect memory performance of older persons?
BACKGROUND The loss of a spouse has been found to have a negative effect on physical and mental health and leads to increased mortality. Whether conjugal bereavement also affects memory functioning has largely been unexamined. The present study investigates the effect of widowhood on memory functioning in older persons. METHOD The sample consisted of 474 married women and 690 married men aged...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0033-2917,1469-8978
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291704002831