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Change and Persistence of Personal Identities after the Transition to Retirement
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Teuscher, Ursina – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2010
This study addresses the question of how retired people's self-image differs from that of working people, and what factors predict people's self-definition as professionals or retirees. Seven hundred ninety-two Swiss persons aged 58-70 (386 men, 406 women; 349 not retired, 443 retired) were asked to rate the importance of different…
Descriptors: Retirement, Performance Factors, Predictor Variables, Personality Change