Anticipated and Experienced Changes in Activities After Husbands Retire

Fitzpatrick, Tanya R.; Vinick, Barbara H.; Bushfield, Suzanne

doi:10.1300/j083v46n02_06

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“…The new distribution of domestic tasks discussed by the participants was also supported by the literature. Fitzpatrick et al (2005) suggested that household task sharing undergoes the most change after retirement. Most participants in this study were neutral in their feelings towards this change, but one of them did identify some difficulty adjusting to his new role at home.…”

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The Lived Experience of Australian Retirees: ‘I'm Retired, What Do I Do Now?’

Pépin

Deutscher

2011

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

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The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the lived experience of retirement in a context where it is not compulsory, and to understand consequent changes in roles, identity and occupational adaptation from the perspective of Australian retirees. Method: Five people aged between 61 and 68 years, who had retired during the previous 18 months, were interviewed. Data analysis included transcription and coding of data, data aggregation and identification of themes. Findings: The themes that emerged from the data analysis were related to time structure and meaningful occupations, ageing and performance capacity, role changes, emotional adjustment to retirement and preparation for retirement. Conclusion: The findings suggest that engagement in meaningful occupations and valued roles, along with the emergence of grandparenting as a significant role, the development of new interests and engagement in retirement planning activities, and support in restructuring the use of time are essential to maintain a positive identity and to adapt successfully to retirement.

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The Lived Experience of Australian Retirees: ‘I'm Retired, What Do I Do Now?’

Pépin

Deutscher

2011

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…Miller (2000) concluded that couples tend to adapt to changes in their circumstances, such as retirement, as a result of an underlying tendency toward stability. As a potential explanation, Fitzpatrick, Bushfield, and Vinick (2005) found that contrary to the couples' own expectations, there was significant stability in couples' individual and couple activities. Thus, although many couples expect their lives to be different after retirement, their lives are remarkably similar to when they were still working.…”

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These happy golden years? The role of retirement in marital quality.

Rauer¹,

Jensen²

2016

Couple Relationships in the Middle and Later Years: Their Nature, Complexity, and Role in Health and Illness.

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Retirement has often been referred to as "the golden years"-a wonderful, relaxing time when individuals can shed the responsibilities and burdens of the previous decades and focus on rediscovering themselves and their spouses (Marson & Zebley, 2000). Implicit within this conceptualization of retirement is the notion that this is a time of life characterized by uniformly positive changes within the individual and within family relationships, particularly within marriage. Research has found, however, that individuals' experience of the transition to retirement is varied (Wang, 2007), with many retirees experiencing little, if any, change in well-being on retiring, others experiencing distress, and still others experiencing benefits. If older adults do not follow a uniform adjustment pattern during the retirement process, then it is unlikely uniformity would exist in the effects of retirement on marital quality, which captures a spouse's global evaluation of the positive and negative dimensions of the marriage. Although couples' experiences are intricately linked across

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“…This approach allows us to study discrepancies between partners' expectations and experiences, testing whether, on average, partners experience more, or rather less problems than initially expected. Moreover, by taking this approach we are able to examine whether expectations are predictive of outcomes on the same dimension (this congruence may only be modest, as for instance has been shown for changes in activities upon retirement, e.g., see Fitzpatrick, Bushfield, & Vinick, 2005), and whether there are cross-over effects (i.e. whether expectations on one dimension are related to the experiences on another dimension).…”

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Partners’ adjustment to older workers’ retirement: testing the role of preretirement expectations in a 10-year panel study

Damman

Segel-Karpas

Henkens

2018

Aging & Mental Health

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Objectives: Retirement is not only an important later-life transition for the retiring individual, but also for his or her life partner. This study aims to improve our understanding of the partner's adjustment to the retirement of the older worker, by paying attention to the multidimensional nature of adjustment, and by examining to what extent preretirement expectations are predictive of postretirement experiences. Well-established adjustment predictorsi.e. preretirement resources and characteristics of the work and retirement contextare also taken into account. Method: Analyses are based on Dutch three-wave multi-actor panel data, collected between 2001 and 2011 among 724 partners of older workers who transitioned into retirement during the course of the study. Results: Only a minority of the partners reported adjustment difficulties to the retirement of the employee. About 20 percent reported at least some financial problems, 8 percent reported relationship problems, and 10 percent reported problems with shared leisure time. Expected problems in all three domains were predictive of experienced problems in the same domain. For expected financial problems, a cross-over effect was observed: expected financial problems were also predictive of experienced adjustment difficulties with regards to shared leisure activities. Conclusion: Not only the older worker, but also the partner develops expectations on different dimensions about the shared postretirement future, and these expectations are related to postretirement experiences. Retirement counseling may therefore not only be relevant for older workers, but also for their partners, and needs to take the multidimensional character of retirement processes into account.

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Anticipated and Experienced Changes in Activities After Husbands Retire

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

The Lived Experience of Australian Retirees: ‘I'm Retired, What Do I Do Now?’

The Lived Experience of Australian Retirees: ‘I'm Retired, What Do I Do Now?’

These happy golden years? The role of retirement in marital quality.

Partners’ adjustment to older workers’ retirement: testing the role of preretirement expectations in a 10-year panel study

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