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Determine whether retirement leads to reductions in quantitative and qualitative social support due to disrupted coworker relationships.

July 1, 1993Journal of Gerontology

Change in Social Support After Retirement: Longitudinal Findings From the Normative Aging Study

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RBRaymond BosséBoston University CACarolyn M. AldwinCollege of the Holy Cross MLMichael R. LevensonSan Diego State University

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Longitudinal study reveals no short-term decline in social support following retirement among older men, indicating that social networks remain resilient during workforce transitions.

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Determine whether retirement leads to reductions in quantitative and qualitative social support due to disrupted coworker relationships.
Longitudinal cohort analysis assessing changes in social support over a 3-year follow-up period.
Evaluated 1,311 male participants enrolled in the Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study across different employment transitions.
Analyzed quantitative social support, qualitative social support, and specific patterns of coworker friendships.
Long-term retirees reported the lowest quantitative social support, whereas continuing full-time workers reported the highest.
Changes in workforce status during the 3-year observation period produced no significant effect on quantitative social support.
Qualitative social support and coworker friendship patterns exhibited no observable decline following retirement transitions.

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Bossé et al. (1993) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a157b6ec41262fa8681f68d https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/48.4.p210

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Longitudinal study reveals no short-term decline in social support following retirement among older men, indicating that social networks remain resilient during workforce transitions.

Change in Social Support After Retirement: Longitudinal Findings From the Normative Aging Study

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Change in Social Support After Retirement: Longitudinal Findings From the Normative Aging Study

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