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- Title
Subjektive Erfahrungen in der Anpassung an die Pension: Qualitative Befunde aus der Schweiz.
- Authors
Reiner, Julia; Misoch, Sabina
- Abstract
Background: Previous research on retirement adjustment has been dominated by quantitative studies on the development of different indicators for adjustment success. In contrast, there is a lack of qualitative studies examining the subjective experiences of retirees in their adjustment process to the new life phase. Objective: The article deals with the subjective adjustment experiences of persons whose regular retirement was about 1 year ago. It focuses on experienced habituation requirements and subjectively relevant factors of life satisfaction. Material and methods: The findings are based on qualitative interview data from a more comprehensive mixed methods study conducted between 2019 and 2022 in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. In the course of the study, 25 semi-structured interviews were carried out and analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results: Entering the new life phase was predominately experienced positively, which was mainly associated with a gain in freedom and opportunities for regeneration; however, the time after retirement also entailed habituation requirements in different areas of life. Life satisfaction increased compared to the initial survey before retirement and was associated with various beneficial and critical factors, ranging from personal characteristics to social developments. Conclusion: Retirement itself is not necessarily a critical experience but can be accompanied by other critical events. A satisfactory life 1 year after retirement is linked to multiple factors. Among these, resources play an essential role.
- Subjects
SWITZERLAND; LIFE satisfaction; HABITUATION (Neuropsychology); SOCIAL development; SEMI-structured interviews; CONTENT analysis
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 2024, Vol 57, Issue 2, p127
- ISSN
0948-6704
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00391-023-02190-3