A comparison of bereavement adjustments between mormon and non-mormon older adults

Abstract

Bereaved persons (n = 190) between the ages of 50 and 93 completed mailed and interview questionnaires at three time periods (3 weeks, 1 year and 2 years) following their spouses' death. The Mormons (73%) in the sample were compared with the others (27%) in terms of their social support networks and health, psychosocial functioning and other global measures of bereavement adjustment. The findings indicate that Mormons did not differ substantially from non-Mormons.