Gentry M, Shulman A D
Department of Psychology, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York 13323.
Psychol Aging. 1988 Jun;3(2):191-6. doi: 10.1037//0882-7974.3.2.191.
Consideration and use of remarriage as a response to cope with the death of a husband was examined in 39 women who had been widowed and had subsequently remarried, 192 widows who had considered remarriage but had not yet remarried, and 420 widows who had not considered remarriage. Controlling for age, we found that women who had remarried reported fewer current concerns than did the other two groups. Furthermore, we found that women who retrospectively recalled the most concerns immediately after the death of the spouse were the ones who eventually remarried. The remarried group believed that they were experiencing significantly fewer concerns now than they had after the spouse's death; the women who had not considered remarriage believed that they were experiencing the same number of concerns now as before; and those women who had considered remarriage believed that they were experiencing significantly more concerns. Implications for remarriage as a coping mechanism for widowhood and the relation of age to remarriage decisions are discussed.
研究人员对39名丧偶后再婚的女性、192名考虑再婚但尚未再婚的寡妇以及420名未考虑再婚的寡妇进行了调查，探讨了将再婚作为应对丈夫死亡的一种方式的考虑和使用情况。在控制年龄因素后，我们发现，再婚女性报告的当前担忧比其他两组要少。此外，我们还发现，那些在配偶去世后立即回顾出最多担忧的女性最终再婚了。再婚组认为，她们现在经历的担忧比配偶去世后明显减少；未考虑再婚的女性认为，她们现在经历的担忧数量与以前相同；而那些考虑再婚的女性认为，她们现在经历的担忧明显更多。本文讨论了再婚作为寡妇应对机制的意义以及年龄与再婚决定的关系。
