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

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Jeff's consideration of his relationships with co-workers and how they may change in retirement suggests that he has an interdependent self-construal, meaning that he sees himself as closely connected to others and defines himself in part by his social relationships. This is in contrast to an independent self-construal, where the individual sees themselves as separate from others and defines themselves through their individual accomplishments and characteristics.

Jeff Is 64 and Facing Mandatory Retirement