Multiple Social Identities Enhance Health Post-Retirement Because They Are a Basis for Giving Social Support

We examine the extent to which multiple social identities are associated with enhanced health and well-being in retirement because they provide a basis for giving and receiving social support. Results from a cross-sectional study show that retirees (N = 171) who had multiple social identities follow...

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Main Authors: Niklas K Steffens, Jolanda Jetten, Cath Haslam, Tegan Cruwys, Stephen Alexander Haslam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01519/full