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How spousal bereavement shapes life satisfaction: Stability and change across historical time

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2026
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Ghose, U., Krämer, M. D., Richter, D., Wagner, G. G., Infurna, F. J., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2026). How spousal bereavement shapes life satisfaction: Stability and change across historical time. European Journal of Personality, 40, 268–285. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251336534

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Spousal bereavement is one of the most disruptive life events encountered during adulthood. However, we know little about whether and how the impacts of spousal loss on well-being have changed over the past decades. To examine such historical shifts, we applied area under the curve (AUC) metrics and latent basis growth models to multi-year within-person longitudinal change data from 2,044 participants (Mage at event = 65.73 years, 70% women) obtained annually across almost four decades from the German Socio-Economic Panel (1984–2020).

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  • Ghose, Urmimala
  • Krämer, Michael D
  • Richter, David
  • Wagner, Gert G
  • Infurna, Frank J
  • Ram, Nilàm
  • Gerstorf, Denis

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40

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2

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268

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285

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Widowhood, well-being, cohort effects, sociohistorical context, socio-economic panel (SOEP)

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English

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2026-03

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2025-06-30

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0890-2070

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Ghose, U., Krämer, M. D., Richter, D., Wagner, G. G., Infurna, F. J., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2026). How spousal bereavement shapes life satisfaction: Stability and change across historical time. European Journal of Personality, 40, 268–285. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251336534

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