Psychosocial changes following retirement

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 966-976

  Rosenkoetter, Marlene M ^b   Garris, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Change; Community mental health nursing; Later life; Life patterns; Perceptions; Primary prevention; Psychogerontology; Psychosocial adjustment; Retirement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032061860     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.t01-1-00569.x     Document Type: Article

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