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. 2004 Jul;59(4):P158-67.
doi: 10.1093/geronb/59.4.p158.

Emotional well-being in recently bereaved widows: a dynamical systems approach

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Emotional well-being in recently bereaved widows: a dynamical systems approach

Toni L Bisconti et al. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2004 Jul.

Abstract

A dynamical systems approach was used to model the intraindividual variability in emotional well-being following conjugal loss. Well-being in a sample of 19 recently bereaved older adult widows was measured every day for 3 months. The pattern of variability of well-being was hypothesized to be an oscillating process that damps across time (i.e., large swings followed by a gradual damping). Results indicated that there was significant patterned variability in the emotional well-being adjustment that can be modeled by a linear oscillator model (R2=.77), in addition to an overall positive trend. Applying dynamical systems analyses to capture variability and subsequent well-being trajectories following spousal loss is an important step in delineating the complex adjustment to widowhood.

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