Retirement and Leisure Participation: Continuity or Crisis?

Educational Preparation of Older Adults and Their Families for Retirement

“…A third of retirees experience changes in their health during the first six months, solve the problem for so many months, or their problems may last up to two years (Moragas, Rivas, Cristofol, Rodriguez, & Sanchez, 2006). Others, who apparently had no initial adjustment problems have problems at this stage of disillusionment (Atchley, 1971), as knowledge and skills needed to deal with the changes positively.…”

“…Although there are at least seven scientific theories of human development that (Friedman & Havighurst, 1954;Cumming & Henry, 1961;Havighurst, 1994;Atchley, 1971;Freud, 1973;Baltes, 1989;Carstensen, 1992) have pertinent suggestions for preparing successfully for retirement (Limón, 1993;Madrid & Garcés, 2000;de las Heras, 2004), most of them have not been used yet in most of the Latin American contexts, or at least not systemically.…”

Revisão sistemática da literatura internacional sobre aposentadoria e redes sociais

“…Nessa perspectiva, ao refletir sobre a transição para aposentadoria é pertinente ponderar que quando há o rompimento do vinculo laboral e, consequentemente, a perda dos papéis desempenhados nesse cenário, acontece o tensionamento das funções que o trabalho possui na vida das pessoas, seja na definição da identidade ou na mediação do agregado de interações por ele promovidas. A adaptação à nova condição tende a ser particularmente difícil para aqueles que contam com uma escassa rede extra-laboral, pois a presença limitada de contatos e grupos de pertencimento pode impedir a substituição satisfatória de fontes de ajuda, reforçando o apego ao trabalho (Atchley, 1971;Carter & Cook, 1995). Assim, denota-se que as relações instituídas no ambiente laboral e extra--laboral são favorecedoras da construção de redes sociais eficazes que influenciam no bem-estar dos trabalhadores e dos aposentados, sinalizando a relevância da discussão proposta nesta revisão.…”

Successful transition to retirement in Australia

“…In this theoretical model, if people are to make a successful transition to retirement, they should maintain the same activities and relationships post-retirement as they did pre-retirement in order to preserve existing internal and external structures. Older people are thought to adopt strategies to maintain this continuity and stay connected to their past experiences (Atchley, 1971). A study of the concepts that middle-aged working men and women use to understand their work and family roles supports the idea that continuity in social roles outside the work environment may mitigate the negative effects of retirement on well-being (Reitzes & Mutran, 2002).…”