In the United States, approximately __________ percent of older widowed women and __________ percent of older widowed men eventually remarry.
A) 2; 2
B) 2; 20
C) 20; 2
D) 20; 20
Question 2Widowed men tend to fare less well than widowed women for all of the following reasons except
A) their financial resources are more likely to decline.
B) they are less able to manage a household by themselves.
C) they don't take care of their health.
D) their social networks are smaller.
Question 3Compared to older women, older men who are widowed tend to be
A) less depressed.
B) less likely to remarry.
C) more at a risk of dying.
D) healthier.
Question 4One finding of the CLOC (the Changing Lives of Older Couples) study was that
A) many older people adapt to the death of a spouse without long-term distress.
B) older people who show no signs of depression following the death of a spouse are in denial.
C) most people become depressed after the death of a spouse and remain so for a long time.
D) the duration and intensity of grief experienced as a result of widowhood is predictable and unvaried.
Question 5Seventy-eight-year-old Seymour and his wife Gladys are about to get a divorce after 53 years of marriage. Consequently, their adult children will likely feel a(n) __________ sense of obligation to them and will remain closer to __________.
A) decreased; Seymour
B) decreased; Gladys
C) increased; Seymour
D) increased; Gladys
Question 6Divorce is __________ common in late adulthood than in middle adulthood, and rates of divorce among older adults have been __________ in recent decades.
A) less; declining
B) less; rising
C) more; declining
D) more; rising
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