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

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          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 following (but not prior to) retirement report being (a) more satisfied with retirement, (b) in better health, and (c) more satisfied with life in general. Furthermore, mediation analyses revealed an indirect path from multiple social identities to greater satisfaction with retirement and better health through greater provision, but not receipt, of social support to others. These findings are the first to point to the value of multiple group membership post-retirement as a basis for increased opportunities to give meaningful support to others. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications for the management of multiple identities in the process of significant life transitions such as retirement.

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            Although much research has examined the effect of income on happiness, we suggest that how people spend their money may be at least as important as how much money they earn. Specifically, we hypothesized that spending money on other people may have a more positive impact on happiness than spending money on oneself. Providing converging evidence for this hypothesis, we found that spending more of one's income on others predicted greater happiness both cross-sectionally (in a nationally representative survey study) and longitudinally (in a field study of windfall spending). Finally, participants who were randomly assigned to spend money on others experienced greater happiness than those assigned to spend money on themselves.
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                Journal
                Front Psychol
                Front Psychol
                Front. Psychol.
                Frontiers in Psychology
                Frontiers Media S.A.
                1664-1078
                17 October 2016
                2016
                : 7
                : 1519
                Affiliations
                School of Psychology, The University of Queensland Brisbane, QLD, Australia
                Author notes

                Edited by: Soledad De Lemus, University of Granada, Spain

                Reviewed by: Katherine Stroebe, University of Groningen, Netherlands; Antonio Bustillos, National University of Distance Education, Spain

                *Correspondence: Niklas K. Steffens, n.steffens@ 123456uq.edu.au

                This article was submitted to Personality and Social Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology

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                10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01519
                5065989
                4ad27dae-d5e8-4b34-a2c7-fc8d8cd3dc9a
                Copyright © 2016 Steffens, Jetten, Haslam, Cruwys and Haslam.

                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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                : 23 May 2016
                : 20 September 2016
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                Figures: 2, Tables: 2, Equations: 0, References: 80, Pages: 11, Words: 0
                Categories
                Psychology
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                Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                multiple identities,retirement,group membership,social identity,health,well-being,life satisfaction,social support

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