Studies have shown that losing a spouse can cause both physical and mental suffering for the bereaved. This qualitative study aimed to gather knowledge about how men and women in the Faroe Islands, a small-scale society in the North Atlantic Ocean, managed the transition to widowhood. Five women and three men were interviewed, their age varying from 67 to 74 years. A hermeneutic analytic method was applied. Our findings showed that managing the transition to widowhood followed two tracks, namely the process of loss and the process of restoration. For participants locked in either process, the transition caused severe disruption in daily living, while participants who managed to oscillate between the two processes appeared to manage the transition to widowhood and get on with their lives. Our findings, and those from other studies, point to the need to offer structured individual support for people who have lost their life partner.

研究表明，失去配偶会给失去亲人的人带来身体和精神上的痛苦。这项定性研究旨在收集有关法罗群岛（北大西洋的一个小规模社会）的男性和女性如何成功过渡到守寡的知识。五名女性和三名男性接受了采访，他们的年龄从 67 岁到 74 岁不等。应用了解释学分析方法。我们的研究结果表明，管理向守寡制的过渡遵循两个轨道，即损失过程和恢复过程。对于锁定在任何一个过程中的参与者来说，这种转变都对日常生活造成了严重的破坏，而设法在这两个过程之间摇摆不定的参与者似乎能够成功地过渡到丧偶状态并继续他们的生活。我们的发现以及其他研究的结果，