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We are looking for people who are willing to take part in a research study that investigates the contribution of various social factors to adjustment during the retirement transition.

Over 3 million Australians are currently retired from the work force, and while we know financial planning is important in this process about a third of people still fail to adjust well despite this planning. Research is now pointing to the importance of various social factors, and our current research project investigates the contribution that social relationships make to retirement adjustment.  

The study is being conducted by researchers at The University of Queensland, and has been reviewed and approved by the Behavioural and Social Sciences Ethical Review Committee (Approval Number: 2015001736). Taking part will involve you answering some questions in online surveys about your workplace, retirement preparation, social relationships, and sources of support and well-being. This is a three-phase study, so you will complete similar surveys three times during your retirement transition – at up to 6 months before retirement, within 1-2 weeks once you have retired, and again 2-3 months following retirement.

These surveys will each take about 30 minutes to complete. To thank you for your participation, we will put you in a prize draw where you have the chance to win Coles Group and Myer eGift cards on completion of each survey (Survey 1: 10 x $20 cards will be drawn; Survey 2: 10 x $30 cards will be drawn; Survey 3: 10 x $50 cards will be drawn).

So if in the next 6 months you plan to stop full-time work and fully retire (doing part-time, temporary or volunteering work is okay) and would like to be involved, please click on the following link:

http://www.groups4health.com/survey/

After completing the first survey, we will contact you again to send another survey with similar questions. The purpose of this is to track your experience in the transition to retirement.

Thank you for you attention.

The Groups 4 Retirement project is part of the Groups 4 Health program (www.Groups4Health.com). The project is being led by Professor Catherine Haslam and Dr. Ben Lam. If you have any questions about the project please get in touch with us via the following email: ben.lam@uq.edu.au.

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