Aging and retirement in the view of highway policemen

This research has as objective the analysis of the meaning of aging and retirement configured by Highway Policemen in retirement phase. Thirteen policemen, between 40 and 69 years old, took part of this study. It was applied socio-demographic questionnaires and semi-structures interviews. It was used the thematic content analysis, with the support of the ALCESTE system of textual data analysis, taking as conceptual reference the psycho-socio-historical configuration of the human being and the society. Results: the meanings of aging and retirement configure themselves between disease and exclusion with 30,5% of the ECU's (Elementary Contextual Units) and freedom and project of life with 69,43% of the ECU's. It was concluded that the highway policemen elaborate meanings objectified in the need of a more involved look to the time the retirement, they believe in their active participation in this process, creating new projects of life in the pursuit of happiness.

aging; retirement; project of life; road policemen; socio-historical psychology