Jeff Is 64 and Facing Mandatory Retirement

Multiple Choice

Jeff is 64 and facing mandatory retirement. As he considers his future, he thinks about how he has mentored new co-workers the way he was once mentored and how co-workers often come to him for advice and to share their triumphs. He thinks about how his work friendships have often become mutually supportive personal friendships and he wonders how those relationships will change when he retires. Jeff has a(n) ____ self-construal.

A) role-based
B) independent
C) functional
D) interdependent