PSYC 3710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Family Caregivers

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3710
• Professor: Frank Cameron

Document Summary

Selective because the group is known to be at risk for maladjustment due to the transition to retirement. People that are type a are risk factors. People who are about to retire are risk factors as they stress about their finances. Some employees are at risk because they will loose all of their social ties (greater risk factor for males) Extent to which you are committed (more risk factor for men base a lot of their self esteem on their relationship with their colleagues) Their identity is strongly tied to their role as an employee. Indicative this program can be more indicative if we are specifically talking about males as they are at greater risk factors than females. Primary prevention intervening with the goal of reducing the incidence of maladjustment. They aren"t retired yet so it is primary. Goal is to prevent new cases of developing.