Confronting developmental tasks in the retirement transition

Aaron Antonovsky, Shifra Sagy

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Abstract

This paper considers retirement as a widespread developmental transition. It seeks to exploit and advance Erikson's life cycle model, taken as a heuristic device, in three ways: noting major transition challenges between generativity and integrity; distinguishing between tasks and outcomes in such transitions; and viewing such tasks as derived from historical, biological, psychological, and sociocultural realities. Analysis of such realities in the lives of Israeli retirees pointed to four care tasks: active involvement, reevaluation of life satisfaction, reevaluation of a world view, and a sense of health maintenance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)362-368
Number of pages7
JournalThe Gerontologist
Volume30
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 1990

Keywords

  • Challenges
  • Developmental transitions
  • Reintegration-Disintegration
  • Retirement

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Gerontology
  • Geriatrics and Gerontology

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