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Body satisfaction and retirement satisfaction
— the mediational role of subjective health | | Author(s) | Yannick Stephan, Evelyne Fouquereau, Anne Fernandez |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 12, no 3, May 2008 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, May 2008 |
| Pages | pp 374-381 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Physical characteristics [elderly] ; Attitudes to retirement ; Well being ; Correlation ; France. |
| Annotation | The crucial role of subjective health in retirement satisfaction has been highlighted in previous studies. However, it is likely that a retiree's health judgement mediates the influence of some variables on retirement satisfaction. This study hypothesised that body satisfaction, as an evaluated summary of the individual's somatic experiences, is positively related to retirement satisfaction through the mediation of subjective health. 256 retired French people were administered the French version of Retirement Satisfaction Inventory, and the Body Image Questionnaire (Bruchon-Schweitzer, 1987); subjective health was assessed by a single item on a Likert-type scale. Regression analysis demonstrated that body satisfaction was positively related to retirement satisfaction through the partial mediation of subjective health. This study highlights the contribution of somatic experiences on retirement satisfaction through their influence on retirees' health evaluation, and provides some additional insights into the determinants of life satisfaction in retirement. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081124211 A |
| Classmark | CC: BA: G7:DP: D:F:5HH: 49: 765 |
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