Relationship Between Friendliness and Social Adjustment: A Study on Retired Bank Employees

Abstract

Retirement is a major event in a person’s lifetime. This period comes with daunting challenges if not well prepared for this important shift. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationships between Friendliness and Social Adjustment among Retired Bank Employees and to explore how these variables vary with respect to the sex of the participant. For this, Friendliness Scale and Social Adjustment Scale – Self Report (SAS- SR) were administered to 120 retired bank employees from various districts of Kerala. The sample selection was done using convenient sampling method. Data analysis was done using SPSS. Spearman rank correlation was used for correlational analysis and Mann Whitney U test were used for finding out significant differences between the variables. Results of the study show that there is a significant positive correlation between friendliness and social adjustment. There is no significant sex difference in friendliness and social adjustment of retired bank employees. This study does have certain practical implication in helping the elderly community and policy makers to resolve the issues and problems of old age in the way that they can plan intervention strategies such as social engagement initiatives, personality-based interventions, and inclusive support systems to improve the living conditions and increase positive emotions and minimize negative emotions.