On the quality of adjustment to retirement: The longitudinal role of personality traits and generativity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Although psychological factors have been explored in relation to other life transitions, their influence on retirement adjustment quality has been largely overlooked. This study assessed the contribution of personality traits and generativity before retirement in the prediction of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being at two temporal points after retirement.

Method

This article analyzes data from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) longitudinal sample. Specifically, it uses a subsample of people who were not retired at Time 1, but were 9 years after at Time 2 (n = 548) and 18 years after at Time 3 (n = 351).

Results

After controlling both for initial values on hedonic and eudaimonic well-being and for the effects of personal attributes and resources, higher

SUBMITTER: Serrat R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5690892 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature