Retirement is not the end of the road: Essentialist beliefs about aging moderate the association between future time perspective and retirement adjustment

ABSTRACT: Objective: The present study aims to investigate whether changes in future time perspective could influence individual’s retirement process and adjustment. Moreover, we would also like to test moderation effect of essentialist beliefs about aging on the association between changes in future time perspective and retirement adjustment. Method: 201 participants were recruited 3 months before retirement and followed for 6 months. Future time perspective was measured before and after retirement. Essentialist beliefs about aging was measured before retirement. Other demographics as well as life satisfaction were also measured as covariates. Results: Multiple regressions were conducted, and the results revealed that (1) retirement could lead to limited future time perspective, but individual diff

SUBMITTER: Xia B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10181918 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature