Jeff is 64 and facing mandatory retirement. As he considers his future, he thinks about how he has mentored new co-workers the w
ay 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.
Self-constructive interdependent is a term that refers to the moment one begins to analyze oneself, one's experiences, and how it has influenced one's life with the social environment in which one lives. At this point, the person begins to assess their personality, how they helped people, how they established friendships, and how their life has been influencing and being influenced to date. In self-constructive interdependent, the individual also analyzes what his own personality will look like from that moment on and how it will affect his social cycle. Based on this knowledge, and on the paragraph set out in the question, we can say that Jeff is having an interdependent self-interpretation.
