Psychological Distress During the Retirement Transition and the Role of Psychosocial Working Conditions and Social Living Environment.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Mental health is determined by social, biological, and cultural factors and is sensitive to life transitions. We examine how psychosocial working conditions, social living environment, and cumulative risk factors are associated with mental health changes during the retirement transition.

Method

We use data from the Finnish Retirement and Aging study on public sector employees (n = 3,338) retiring between 2014 and 2019 in Finland. Psychological distress was measured with the General Health Questionnaire annually before and after retirement and psychosocial working conditions, social living environment, and accumulation of risk factors at the study wave prior to retirement.

Results

Psychological distress decreased during the retirement transition, but the mag

SUBMITTER: Lahdenpera M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8755891 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature