Psychosocial working characteristics before retirement and depressive symptoms across the retirement transition: a longitudinal latent class analysis.

ABSTRACT: Objectives Retirement is a major life transition. However, previous evidence on its mental health effects has been inconclusive. Whether retirement is desirable or not may depend on pre-retirement work characteristics. We investigated trajectories of depressive symptoms across retirement and how a number of psychosocial working characteristics influenced these trajectories. Methods We included 1735 respondents from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health (SLOSH), retiring during 2008-2016 (mean retirement age 66 years). They had completed biennial questionnaires reporting job demands, decision authority, workplace social support, efforts, rewards, procedural justice and depressive symptoms. We applied group-based trajectory modelling to model trajectories of depressive sympt

SUBMITTER: Ahlin JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7737805 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature