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| Preretirement influences on postretirement self-esteem | | Author(s) | Donald C Reitzes, Elizabeth J Mutran, Maria E Fernandez |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 51B, no 5, September 1996 |
| Pages | pp S242-S249 |
| Keywords | Self esteem ; Preparation [retirement] ; Retired persons ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Data derived from in-depth telephone interviews with 300 retired workers from the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan area in North Carolina were used to investigate whether pre-retirement self-investments in the roles of worker and spouse have positive or negative consequences for post-retirement self-esteem. Evidence suggests that: self-esteem does not decline in transition into retirement; commitment to the role of worker and worker identity meanings have a positive influence on post-retirement self-esteem, but it may be indirect, operating through pre-retirement self-esteem; commitment to the role of spouse has a positive impact on self-esteem in retirement; and pre-retirement self-esteem continues to exert a positive effect on post-retirement self-esteem. The findings suggest that pre-retirement self and identity factors continue to influence post-retirement self-esteem. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970722012 A |
| Classmark | DPA: GA: BB6: 3F: 7T |
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