Widowhood and loneliness: do close relations with adult children alleviate loneliness among widowed parents?
The enduring elevation in emotional loneliness after widowhood, combined with the delayed rise in social loneliness, underscores the lasting challenges faced by surviving spouses. The findings highlight the limited capacity of parent-child relationships to fill the emotional void left by a deceased partner.
Authors
- Matthias Pollmann‐Schult (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0010-1667)
- Maximilian Tolkamp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9244-4436)
Institutions
- University of Siegen (DE)
- Folkwang University of the Arts (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Aging & Mental Health
- Published
- 2025-07-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2025.2512214
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.40
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft