Rich_by_the_Bay
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Interesting, if a bit dated, and seems pretty plausible to me. Link for the abstract is here. Boldface added by me. Seems this forum embraces most of the good predictors. Wonder if women follow the same pattern.
_________________________________________________Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, Vol 52, Issue 3 P110-P117, Copyright © 1997 by The Gerontological Society of America
ARTICLES
The retirement adjustment process: changes in the well-being of male retirees across time
TL Gall, DR Evans and J Howard
Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario.
The purpose of this prospective study was to (1) evaluate the impact of retirement, (2) monitor the change in adjustment across time, and (3) identify the resources predictive of short- and long-term adjustment in retirement. A sample of 117 male retirees was assessed on indices of physical and psychological health, perceived control, retirement satisfaction, and life satisfaction at 2-4 months preretirement, 1 year post-, and 6-7 years postretirement. The results provided support for a positive impact of retirement, as retirees evidenced increases in well- being during the first year. There was also evidence of a retirement adjustment process, in that aspects of well-being (i.e., psychological health) changed from short- to long-term retirement. Finally, physical health, income, and voluntary retirement status predicted short-term adjustment, while internal locus of control was an additional resource for long-term adjustment. Changes in resources over time also differentially predicted short- and long-term adjustment (e.g., an increase in internal locus of control predicted an increase in activity satisfaction at 1 year but not at 6-7 years postretirement).
_________________________________________________"Locus of control" is the degree to which you take the credit for success and the blame for failure. Internal implies you take a high degree upon yourself, choices, actions, decisions. External means you are more fatalistic or perceive things as due to outside factors, be it luck, religion, etc. Some psychologists believe that a healthy dose of internal locus tends to be best for well-being in North American and similar cultures.
Read more (including a self-assessment quiz) here. I scored a 33, internal end of "balanced" FWIW.
_________________________________________________Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, Vol 52, Issue 3 P110-P117, Copyright © 1997 by The Gerontological Society of America
ARTICLES
The retirement adjustment process: changes in the well-being of male retirees across time
TL Gall, DR Evans and J Howard
Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario.
The purpose of this prospective study was to (1) evaluate the impact of retirement, (2) monitor the change in adjustment across time, and (3) identify the resources predictive of short- and long-term adjustment in retirement. A sample of 117 male retirees was assessed on indices of physical and psychological health, perceived control, retirement satisfaction, and life satisfaction at 2-4 months preretirement, 1 year post-, and 6-7 years postretirement. The results provided support for a positive impact of retirement, as retirees evidenced increases in well- being during the first year. There was also evidence of a retirement adjustment process, in that aspects of well-being (i.e., psychological health) changed from short- to long-term retirement. Finally, physical health, income, and voluntary retirement status predicted short-term adjustment, while internal locus of control was an additional resource for long-term adjustment. Changes in resources over time also differentially predicted short- and long-term adjustment (e.g., an increase in internal locus of control predicted an increase in activity satisfaction at 1 year but not at 6-7 years postretirement).
_________________________________________________"Locus of control" is the degree to which you take the credit for success and the blame for failure. Internal implies you take a high degree upon yourself, choices, actions, decisions. External means you are more fatalistic or perceive things as due to outside factors, be it luck, religion, etc. Some psychologists believe that a healthy dose of internal locus tends to be best for well-being in North American and similar cultures.
Read more (including a self-assessment quiz) here. I scored a 33, internal end of "balanced" FWIW.