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| Retirement and mental health | | Author(s) | Patricia Drentea |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 14, no 2, May 2002 |
| Pages | pp 167-194 |
| Keywords | Retirement ; Mental health [elderly] ; Well being ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Two perspectives from the sociological study of work and of mental health are used to examine our understanding of retirement, and how the characteristics of one's daily pursuits mediate the link between retirement and mental health. Regression analysis was used to examine retirement, activities and well-being with data from two US surveys, the 1995 Aging, Status and Sense of Control Survey (ASOC) and the 1987-1988 National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH). In support of the view that work is alienating and retirement liberating, retirees experienced less anxiety and distress and higher positive affect. In support of the view that work is empowering and retirement demoralizing, retirement is associated with lower sense of control in both data sets, in part because of the daily pursuits. Retirement was not associated with depressive symptomatology. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020521203 A |
| Classmark | G3: D: D:F:5HH: 49: 7T |
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