Table 2.
Participant characteristics.
| # | GENDER | AGE (YRS.) | INTERVIEW LENGTH (MIN.) | RELATIONSHIP STATUS | PROFESSION | VOCATIONAL STATUS | RESTRICTING TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W1 | female | 63 | 70 | single (divorced) | pedagogue/pediatric nurse | secondary school certificate | 3 |
| W2 | female | 62 | 75 | single (divorced) | proofreader | general qualification for university entrance | 1 |
| W3 | female | 60 | 50 | single (widowed) | laboratory assistant | secondary school certificate | 1 |
| W4 | female | 64 | 77 | single (divorced) | nurse | technical school certificate | 3 |
| W5 | female | 62 | 46 | single (widowed) | medical technical assistant | technical school certificate | 1 |
| M6 | male | 78 | 81 | married | police officer | advanced technical college certificate | 4 |
| M7 | male | 60 | 51 | partnered (separately living) | taxi driver | general qualification for university entrance | 4 |
| W8 | female | 66 | 72 | married | cosmetician | secondary school certificate | 2 |
| W9 | female | 61 | 59 | married | computer scientist | advanced technical college certificate | 2 |
| M10 | male | 68 | 65 | married | administration secretary | secondary school certificate | 2 |
| M11 | male | 69 | 73 | single (divorced) | interpreter | university degree | 3 |
| W12 | female | 69 | 66 | single (widowed) | photographer | secondary school certificate | 3 |
| W13 | female | 67 | 72 | married (separately living) | stenotypist | secondary school certificate | 2 |
| W14 | female | 68 | 76 | single | stenotypist | secondary school certificate | 3 |
| M15 | male | 59 | 62 | single (divorced) | taxi driver, mechanic | polytechnic secondary school | 3 |
| W16 | female | 68 | 73 | partnered | engineering draftsman | technical diploma | 1 |
| M17 | male | 60 | 62 | married | clerk | secondary school certificate | 3 |
| W18 | female | 66 | 88 | single (divorced) | librarian | university degree | 3 |
| M19 | male | 69 | 87 | single (divorced) | (vocational) teacher | university degree | 1 |
| M20 | male | 65 | 71 | partnered | journalist | general qualification for university entrance | 2 |
| W21 | female | 64 | 77 | partnered (divorced) | wholesaler | secondary school certificate | 2 |
| W22 | female | 65 | 88 | married | teacher | university degree | 2 |
| W23 | female | 76 | 67 | single (divorced) | seller, prev. self-employed | secondary school certificate | 2 |
| M24 | male | 61 | 52 | single (divorced) | executive employee | university degree | 3 |
Note. # = interview pseudonym; yrs. = years; min. = minutes; prosp. = prospectively; restricting type = inductively generated typology classification: Type 1 =The Holistically Restraining Type, Type 2= The Dissonant-savoring Restraining Type, Type 3 = The Reactively Restraining Type, Type 4 = The Unintentionally Restraining Type.