Death of a Parent: Transition to a New Adult Identity
Death of a Mother: Transition to a New Adult Identity Books
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In the midst of the busiest years of our lives and careers, just as many of us are beginning to confront our own aging, we are likely to lose a mother–and as usual, even expected, as any such event may be, the reperscussions can be dramatic. This book sets out in clear and comprehensive terms what the death of a mother means to most adults–how it in fact functions as a turning top in our emotional, social, and private lives. Drawing on her own groundbreaking research, in-depth interviews, and data collected nationwide, Debra Umberson explores the social and psychological factors that determine how this vital loss will affect us–as a private crisis or an opportunity for healthy exchange. Her book shows how adults, far from the “finished” beings we are often assumed to be, can be profoundly transformed by the death of a mother–in beliefs, behavior, goals, sense of self–transformed in ways that will continue to affect us, for better or worse, for the rest of our lives. Debra Umberson is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the only scholar to have published on the topic of parental death in adulthood using national data, and her resume includes 36 published articles and chapters in leading academic journals and books on family and health topics. Dr. Umberson has received many awards. She won an award for her research for Death of a Mother from FIRST Award from the National Institute on Aging. Umberson’s newest research, which is also sponsored by the National Institute of Aging, focuses on how marital quality changes over the life course. Umberson is now serving as an elected officer of both the Mental Health Section and the Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association (the national professional association of sociologists in the United States). She has served as deputy editor of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior and associate editor of the Journal of Family Issues. She is now associate editor of Journal of Marriage and the Family.
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