Changes in Support From Confidants, Children, and Friends Following Widowhood

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Does singlehood isolate or integrate? Examining the link between marital status and ties to kin, friends, and neighbors (2016, background): “For friends and neighbors, most research suggests that the single have more friends on average (Gillespie, Lever, Frederick, & Royce, 2014) and are more likely to socialize (Ha, 2008; Fischer, 1982; Kalmijn, 2003; Moore, 1990) and exchange help (Leibler & Sandefur, 2002) than the married.”
Parenthood, Childlessness, and Well-Being: A Life Course Perspective (2010, methodology): “It appears that strains with adult children have stronger adverse effects on unmarried parents (Greenfield & Marks, 2006), whereas support from adult children may be particularly beneficial to widowed parents (Ha, 2008; Ha, Carr, Utz, & Nesse, 2006).”
Social networks and health: A life course perspective integrating observational and experimental evidence (2009, background): “Similarly, although widows are less likely to have a confidant, they receive greater social support from relatives and friends compared to married individuals (controlling for social support before widowhood) (Ha, 2008).”