The psychology of retirement / Doreen Rosenthal and Susan Moore.

By:

Rosenthal, Doreen, 1938- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Moore, Susan, 1945- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0815347081
9780815347088
0815347073
9780815347071

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

155.67 23

Contents:

1. The new retirement -- 2. The journey: transitioning from worker to retiree -- 3. Financial security or financial stress? -- 4. Retirement, health and wellbeing: is retirement good for your health? -- 5. Renegotiating social relationships -- 6. Re-shaping identity in retirement -- 7. Making the most of retirement.

Summary: How can you make the most of retirement? How should you plan for retirement? What are the challenges of retirement and how can they be dealt with? The Psychology of Retirement looks at this life stage as a journey that involves challenges, opportunities, setbacks, periods of disenchantment and, often, exciting new beginnings. Taking a positive approach, the book explores how retirement provides opportunities to cultivate new friendships, interests and hobbies, consolidate and renegotiate long-held ones, and even re-invent oneself in a post-work environment.

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How can you make the most of retirement? How should you plan for retirement? What are the challenges of retirement and how can they be dealt with? The Psychology of Retirement looks at this life stage as a journey that involves challenges, opportunities, setbacks, periods of disenchantment and, often, exciting new beginnings. Taking a positive approach, the book explores how retirement provides opportunities to cultivate new friendships, interests and hobbies, consolidate and renegotiate long-held ones, and even re-invent oneself in a post-work environment.

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