Traditional theories of grief suggest that individuals experience short-term increases in
depressive symptoms following the death of a parent. However, growing evidence indicates …

Racial disparities in death indicate that Black women and girls are disproportionately
bereaved by violent loss across their lifetime. Yet the context and consequences of this loss …

As a result of Black–White inequities in life expectancy, recent research has indicated that
Black individuals are disproportionately exposed to the deaths of multiple family members …

Research on mortality inequalities has proliferated in demography in recent decades,
documenting disparities between nations and within them across multiple social …

Black Americans continue to be 1.5 times more likely to experience premature death with life
expectancy up to six years shorter than their white American counterparts. These racial …

Objectives High blood pressure (BP) or hypertension, a major risk factor for death and
disease, is pervasive among older adults. While reducing BP to targeted levels can prevent …

Objectives We introduced a unique form of kinlessness: sole family survivorship, which
describes the lack of family of origin (ie, biological parents and siblings) kin. This form of …

Although the bereavement literature is voluminous, we know very little about how exposure
to multiple family member deaths across the life course shapes health trajectories as people …

Background Healthy life expectancy (HLE) is becoming an important indicator of population
health. While actuarial estimates of HLE are frequently studied, there is scarcity of research …

The death of a family member is one of the life's most emotionally distressing experiences,
yet its impact on self-perceptions of aging remains understudied. This study examines the …