ArticleJournal of health and social behavior2024
Transitory or Chronic? Gendered Loneliness Trajectories over Widowhood and Separation in Older Age.
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- Development of loneliness and social isolation after spousal loss: A systematic review of longitudinal studies on widowhood.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Pooled it
- Dimensions of Loneliness Among Older Adults in Osijek-Baranja County: Associations with Sociodemographic, Family, and Social Characteristics.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Breaking Bonds, Changing Habits: Understanding Health Behaviors during and after Marital Dissolution.Journal of health and social behavior · 2026Article
- Silver Splits and Parent-Child Disconnectedness: Mental Health Consequences for European Older Adults.European journal of population = Revue europeenne de demographie · 2025Article
- Gray divorce among migrants and non-migrants in Norway: trends and implications for mental healthcare use.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- "Time without you": Transition to widowhood and its impact on time perspective and attitudes toward the future.European journal of ageing · 2025Article
- Researching gender and loneliness differently.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Review
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Abstract
We investigate how loneliness develops over the marital dissolution process in older age (i.e., transition at or after age 50) while paying close attention to heterogeneities by the dissolution pathway-widowhood and separation-and gender. Using data from over 8,000 Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey respondents, we assess the association of interest using fixed effects regressions. Findings indicate that loneliness increased in the year before widowhood or separation among both women and men. Levels spiked in the year of dissolution, particularly for widowhood but less for separation. Widowed men were substantially more affected than widowed women, and gender differences were negligible for separation. Although loneliness levels gradually declined, widowed men remained vulnerable for remarkably long periods. Such chronic loneliness might be linked to other health disadvantages. These findings highlight the importance of long-term and gender-specific approaches to social support and integration after marital dissolution.
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