UCSD Widowhood and Mortality Questions

For this activity, you are to read the following article about widowhood and mortality and answer the questions below: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC27905… (Links to an external site.)

1) Define the widowhood effect and summarize what our textbook says about it.

2) What do the authors of the above article mean by “neighborhood concentration” as being a modifying variable in the relationship between widowhood and mortality?

3) Compare and contrast the results of this study to what is discussed in our textbook about the widowhood effect.

4.Think about the older adults you know if your life. Are they married, divorced, widowed? What do you think their attitudes are towards marriage, divorce, and relationships? Do you think that you will feel the same way when you are older?