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However, not all widows return to preloss mental health, and recovery may differ by gender. Prewidowhood psychological resilience (PR) has been shown to influence these effects. This study evaluates changes in depressive symptoms for older men and women to determine how PR shapes acute and long-term depressive symptom responses to spousal loss.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Research Design and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Using longitudinal Health and Retirement Study data, we evaluate changes in depressive symptoms from baseline PR prewidowhood to (a) the first study wave in which individuals report widowhood (acute effects) and (b) the second wave after reporting widowhood (recovery period), for men and for women. 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