Social Role Identities among Older Adults in a Continuing Care Retirement Community

Moen, Phyllis; Erickson, Mary Ann; Dempster‐McClain, Donna

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“…The present article used data collected as a component of an established panel study: the Pathways to Life Quality Study (Moen, Erickson, & Dempster‐McClain, 2000). The Pathways Study focuses primarily on patterns of housing choices, residential transitions, and psychological and social well‐being.…”

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Explaining Mothers' Ambivalence Toward Their Adult Children

Pillemer

Suitor

2002

J of Marriage and Family

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ࡗ Explaining Mothers' Ambivalence Toward Their Adult ChildrenInterest in applying the concept of ambivalence to the study of intergenerational relations has increased in recent years. However, few empirical studies of this issue have been conducted. Using data from a study of 189 mothers aged 60 and over, the authors examine sources of ambivalence regarding the quality of their relationships with adult children. They hypothesized that adult children's failure to achieve and maintain normative adult statuses and financial independence and mother's developmental stage will predict ambivalent assessments of the relationship. Regression analyses supported these hypotheses and also revealed that the variables predicting ambivalence differed from those that predicted closeness and interpersonal stress.Throughout recorded history, there has been interest in understanding the causes and consequences of the complex relationship between parents and children in adulthood. Although concerns are frequently expressed about the weakening of intergenerational ties, the evidence demonstrates the continued importance and influence of these

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Explaining Mothers' Ambivalence Toward Their Adult Children

Pillemer

Suitor

2002

J of Marriage and Family

196

218

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“…Multiple identities such as worker, spouse, friend, and mentor were found to be psychologically protective; they provided people with a number of alternatives from which to maintain a positive self-concept during a transition such as retirement (Simon, 1997). Thus, past research supports continuity in retirement: the importance of people's past identities in shaping their future identities (Moen, Erickson, & Dempster-McClain, 2006).…”

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Early and Late Retirement Exits

Brougham

Walsh

2009

Int J Aging Hum Dev

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The current study proposes that personal need fulfillment (relatedness, generativity, identity, growth, and finances) predicts early and late retirement intentions. The personal needs of 160 full-time older employees were measured by personal goals, job satisfactions, job characteristics, and intrinsic motivation. Results suggest that the personal needs fulfilled by job employment remain important in retirement. The expectation for personal need fulfillment for identity, growth, and relatedness shifts from work to retirement for those who intend to retire early. The results are discussed in terms of the need for greater study of the relationship between expectations of personal need fulfillment, worker self-concept, and retirement decisions.

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“…But the proposition that the social order and Older people have few prescribed roles because most are no longer employed in paid work and few are responsible for young children. Importantly, transition related to role change alters identity [22] and role loss causes lower prestige and reduces an individual's status [23].…”

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Reconstructing Identity of Older People in Using Day Care Services in Taiwan: A Grounded Theory Study

Chiu¹,

Windsor²

2015

Int J Nurs Clin Pract

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Adult day care centers provide a means whereby frail or disabled older people can remain living at home particularly when their family care-givers engage in waged work. In Taiwan, adult day care services appear to meet the cultural needs of both older people and their families for whom filial care is vital. Little research attention has been paid to the use of day care services in Taiwan, the uptake rate of which is low. This grounded theory study explored the ways in which older people and family care-givers construct meanings around the use of day care services in Taiwan.The research methodology drew on the theoretical tenets of symbolic interactionism and methods were informed by the grounded theory. In-depth interviews with 30 participants were undertaken. Reconstructing identity in a shifting world is the core category of the study and reflects a process of reframing whereby older people came to new definitions of social responsibility and independence within the context of the day care center. The implications of the findings is that the older people, rather than seeking to be relieved of social responsibilities, worked very hard to frame and reframe a social role. Rather than letting the institutions undermine or disrupt their identity, the older people worked to actively negotiate and redefine the meaning of self. Thus, although reluctant to come to use the services at the outset, they found a way to manage their lives independently. Social roles and responsibilities as older parents were retained. This study explored the process of meaning construction of day care use and the ways in which this process entailed a reconstruction of the identities of the participants. The evidence from this study underlines the importance of recognizing and acknowledging subjectively conceived identities as work that older people undertake, when in care, to render their lives meaningful.

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Social Role Identities among Older Adults in a Continuing Care Retirement Community

Cited by 48 publications

References 20 publications

Explaining Mothers' Ambivalence Toward Their Adult Children

Explaining Mothers' Ambivalence Toward Their Adult Children

Early and Late Retirement Exits

Reconstructing Identity of Older People in Using Day Care Services in Taiwan: A Grounded Theory Study

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