TY - JOUR
T1 - Support networks before and after retirement
AU - van Tilburg, T.G.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - Changes in ones personal network can be expected to follow after retirement. A certain loss of relationships, for example with colleagues, is inevitable. How do people who are either about to retire or have recently done so react to this life event? Do they form new relationships or deepen their existing ones? Which type of relationships are most likely to be terminated? Is over benefiting or under benefiting in support a significant aspect in the termination of relationships? This article addresses these questions on how retirement affects support networks. The data were obtained from 50 men, interviewed before and after retirement. At T
AB - Changes in ones personal network can be expected to follow after retirement. A certain loss of relationships, for example with colleagues, is inevitable. How do people who are either about to retire or have recently done so react to this life event? Do they form new relationships or deepen their existing ones? Which type of relationships are most likely to be terminated? Is over benefiting or under benefiting in support a significant aspect in the termination of relationships? This article addresses these questions on how retirement affects support networks. The data were obtained from 50 men, interviewed before and after retirement. At T
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U2 - 10.1177/0265407592093006
DO - 10.1177/0265407592093006
M3 - Article
SN - 0265-4075
VL - 9
SP - 433
EP - 445
JO - Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
JF - Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
ER -