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The Lived Experiences of Spousal Bereavement and Adjustment Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Calgary
Spousal bereavement poses considerable challenges to adults in late life. Some populations, such as older immigrants, may experience heightened negative outcomes as a consequence of spousal bereavement, due to migratory stress and social isolation. Spousal bereavement is culturally embedded as it is...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10238315/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37004605 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10823-023-09477-3 |
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description | Spousal bereavement poses considerable challenges to adults in late life. Some populations, such as older immigrants, may experience heightened negative outcomes as a consequence of spousal bereavement, due to migratory stress and social isolation. Spousal bereavement is culturally embedded as it is related to cultural beliefs and attitudes concerning death and family relationships. However, studies on spousal bereavement or widowhood among older immigrants are extremely limited. This study aims to fill the gap by exploring, via a phenomenological approach, the lived experiences of widowed older Chinese immigrants in Calgary and responding to the question: What are the lived experiences of widowed Chinese older immigrants in coping with their spousal bereavement? With the data drawn from 12 in-depth qualitative interviews, findings were categorized into individual, family, community and societal levels. Study participants experienced long-lasting grief that was private and impacted by their culture and immigration status. Although family and ethno-cultural communities provided various types of supports during participants’ widowhood, they did not directly assist them in coping with spousal loss. Most participants did not access social services for bereavement support, more often relying on cultural rituals and faith practices. Findings suggest the need for culturally appropriate bereavement supports and family/community involvement for older immigrant adults who have experienced spousal loss. |
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spelling | pubmed-102383152023-06-04 The Lived Experiences of Spousal Bereavement and Adjustment Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Calgary Wang, Qianyun Walsh, Christine A. Tong, Hongmei J Cross Cult Gerontol Original Article Spousal bereavement poses considerable challenges to adults in late life. Some populations, such as older immigrants, may experience heightened negative outcomes as a consequence of spousal bereavement, due to migratory stress and social isolation. Spousal bereavement is culturally embedded as it is related to cultural beliefs and attitudes concerning death and family relationships. However, studies on spousal bereavement or widowhood among older immigrants are extremely limited. This study aims to fill the gap by exploring, via a phenomenological approach, the lived experiences of widowed older Chinese immigrants in Calgary and responding to the question: What are the lived experiences of widowed Chinese older immigrants in coping with their spousal bereavement? With the data drawn from 12 in-depth qualitative interviews, findings were categorized into individual, family, community and societal levels. Study participants experienced long-lasting grief that was private and impacted by their culture and immigration status. Although family and ethno-cultural communities provided various types of supports during participants’ widowhood, they did not directly assist them in coping with spousal loss. Most participants did not access social services for bereavement support, more often relying on cultural rituals and faith practices. Findings suggest the need for culturally appropriate bereavement supports and family/community involvement for older immigrant adults who have experienced spousal loss. Springer US 2023-04-01 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10238315/ /pubmed/37004605 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10823-023-09477-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2023. Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Article Wang, Qianyun Walsh, Christine A. Tong, Hongmei The Lived Experiences of Spousal Bereavement and Adjustment Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Calgary |
title | The Lived Experiences of Spousal Bereavement and Adjustment Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Calgary |
title_full | The Lived Experiences of Spousal Bereavement and Adjustment Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Calgary |
title_fullStr | The Lived Experiences of Spousal Bereavement and Adjustment Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Calgary |
title_full_unstemmed | The Lived Experiences of Spousal Bereavement and Adjustment Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Calgary |
title_short | The Lived Experiences of Spousal Bereavement and Adjustment Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Calgary |
title_sort | lived experiences of spousal bereavement and adjustment among older chinese immigrants in calgary |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10238315/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37004605 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10823-023-09477-3 |
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