Previous work in the social identity tradition suggests that adjustment to significant life changes, both positive (e.g., becoming a new parent) and negative (e.g., experiencing a stroke), can be supported by access to social group networks. This is the basis for the social identity model of identity change (SIMIC), which argues that, in the context of life transitions, well-being and adjustment are enhanced to the extent that people are able to maintain preexisting social group memberships that are important to them or else acquire new ones. Building on empirical work that has examined these issues in the context of a variety of life transitions, we outline the relevance of SIMIC for one particular life transition: retiring from work. We identify four key lessons that speak to the importance of managing social group resources effectively during the transition to retirement from the workforce. These suggest that adjustment to retirement is enhanced to the extent that retirees: (1) can access multiple important group memberships and the psychological resources they provide, (2) maintain positive and valued existing groups, and (3) develop meaningful new groups, (4) providing they are compatible with one another. This theory and empirical evidence is used to introduce a new social intervention, Groups 4 Health, that translates SIMIC's lessons into practice. This program aims to guide people through the process of developing and embedding their social group ties in ways that protect their health and well-being in periods of significant life change of the form experienced by many people as they transition into retirement.

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社会群体对退休调整的重要性：身份变化的社会认同模型的证据，应用和政策含义

社会身份传统的先前工作表明，可以通过访问社交团体网络来支持对重大生活变化的调整，包括积极的（例如，成为新父母）和消极的（例如，经历中风）。这是身份变化的社会认同模型（SIMIC）的基础，该模型认为，在生活转变的背景下，幸福感和适应能力得到了增强，人们可以维持原有的重要社会群体成员身份。给他们，否则获得新的。基于在各种生活过渡的背景下研究了这些问题的经验工作，我们概述了SIMIC与一个特定的生活过渡的相关性：从工作中退休。我们确定了四个关键课程，这些课程说明了从劳动力过渡到退休期间有效管理社会团体资源的重要性。这些表明，退休人员的退休适应性得到了增强，以至于退休人员可以：（1）可以使用多个重要的团体成员及其提供的心理资源；（2）维持积极和有价值的现有团体；（3）建立有意义的新团体，（ 4）前提是它们彼此兼容。这一理论和经验证据被用于引入一种新的社会干预措施，即第4组健康，将SIMIC的课程转化为实践。