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Transition to retirement and aging : change and persistence of personal identities

Teuscher, Ursina ; Retschitzki, Jean (Dir.) ; Spini, Dario (Codir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg, 2003.

This doctoral thesis deals with the question of how self-images change when people are getting into the age of retirement. Two main issues are addressed regarding the development of personal identities in that life stage: (1) The content of identity: the question if and how retired people have a different way of defining or characterizing themselves than employed people. (2) The age identity...