Work hours, retirement, and supportive relations among older adults
研究工作时间对老年人从同事、家人和非工作朋友处获得支持的影响，以及退休是否改变这些影响。基于工会成员纵向数据，发现退休减弱了工作时间对同事支持的正面作用和对非工作朋友支持的负面作用，但未能减弱对家庭支持的负面作用。
Abstract While the literature widely acknowledges the importance of social support to the health, well‐being, and performance of older adults, little is known about the way in which occupational conditions affect older employees' access to social support over time and whether these effects are maintained after retirement. Accordingly, in the current study we examine the degree to which work hours have longer term effects on the amount and type of support older individuals receive from intimate coworkers, family, and non‐work friends, and whether these effects are attenuated or intensified for those who retire. Longitudinal data were collected from a random sample of members of nine unions, six months prior to their retirement eligibility (T1) and approximately one year after Time 1 (T2). Our findings indicate that while retirement attenuates the positive association between Time 1 work hours and subsequent coworkers' support as well as the negative relationship between Time 1 work hours and subsequent non‐work friends support, retirement fails to attenuate the negative effect of Time 1 work hours on subsequent family support. Policy implications are discussed. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.