TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - "Remarried military widows" grief in light of social policy upheavals
JO  - Death studies
A1  - Shorer, Shai
A1  - Dekel, Rachel
A1  - Nuttman-Shwartz, Orit
SP  - 1381
EP  - 1389
VL  - 46
IS  - 6
N2  - Military widows' remarriages and their consequences have scarcely been studied. We examined how legal changes enacted on behalf of remarried war widows, who regained their official rights after many years without them, impacted their life experience. Based upon 29 qualitative interviews, we found that the reinstatement of official recognition of widowhood validated participants' personal longitudinal grief but also revived painful loss-related feelings, which were expressed in interpersonal spheres. Policy changes allowed some widows a higher measure of independence, alongside upsetting the current couple's power balance. Social and clinical implications of such interruptions in the longitudinal grief course are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0748-1187
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2021.1975174
ID  - ref1
ER  -