Impact of Widowhood on Parent – Child Relations: Does Parents’ Personalit…

The authors evaluated the extent to which the short-term effect of late life widowhood on parent – child relationships is moderated by 5 personality traits—Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Openness to Experience—and how these interactive effects differ by gender. Data were from the Changing Lives of Older Couples Study (N = 1,532). The results indic…