scholarly journals Changes in Life Satisfaction in the Retirement Transition: Interaction Effects of Transition Type and Individual Resources

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 352-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Hansson ◽  
Sandra Buratti ◽  
Valgeir Thorvaldsson ◽  
Boo Johansson ◽  
Anne Ingeborg Berg
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Interaction Effects ◽  
Retirement Transition ◽  
Transition Type

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF PERSONALITY IN RETIREMENT ADJUSTMENT: LONGITUDINAL EFFECTS ON LIFE SATISFACTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S22-S22
Author(s):  
Isabelle Hansson ◽  
Georg Henning ◽  
Sandra Buratti ◽  
Magnus Lindwall ◽  
Marie Kivi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Adjustment Process ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Growth Curve Models ◽  
Retirement Transition ◽  
Study Results

Abstract Research on the retirement transition suggests that personality can influence the adjustment process, but the mechanisms involved remain still largely unknown. In the present study we investigate direct and indirect associations between the Big Five personality traits and life satisfaction over the retirement transition. Indirect effects were evaluated through the role of personality for self-esteem, autonomy, social support, perceived physical and cognitive health, and financial satisfaction. The sample included 796 older adults and four annual measurement waves in the Swedish longitudinal HEARTS study. Results from multivariate latent growth curve models showed multiple indirect effects of personality. Extraversion was positively related to life satisfaction through increased self-esteem, autonomy, and social support. Neuroticism was negatively associated with life satisfaction through decreased self-esteem, autonomy, social support, and perceived cognitive ability. Our findings suggest that retirees with higher neuroticism are more likely to experience adjustment problems resulting from negative changes in key resources.

scholarly journals Subjective well-being across the retirement transition – historical differences and the role of perceived control

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Henning ◽  
Dikla Segel-Karaps ◽  
Andreas Stenling ◽  
Oliver Huxhold
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Cohort Differences ◽  
Retirement Transition

Given substantial cohort differences in psychosocial functioning, for example perceived control, and ongoing pension reforms, the context of retirement has changed over the last decades. However, there is limited research on the consequences of such developments on historical differences in subjective well-being in the retirement transition. In the present study, we investigated historical differences in change in life satisfaction and positive affect across the retirement transition. We included perceived control as a potential mechanism behind these differences. Analyses were based on sub-samples of retirees among three nationally-representative samples of the German Ageing Survey (1996; 2002; 2008) and their respective follow-ups 6 years later. Results showed historical improvements in pre-retirement positive affect (i.e., later samples had higher pre-retirement levels), however, earlier samples showed a larger increase in positive affect across the retirement transition compared to later samples. No historical differences were found in life satisfaction. Perceived control showed no historical improvement and did not seem to contribute to historical differences in subjective well-being. Nevertheless, we found that the role of perceived control for positive affect seemingly increased over historical time. The results showed that the historical context seems to play a role in the experience of retirement, and that it is helpful to distinguish between cognitive-evaluative (e.g., life satisfaction) and affective components (e.g., positive affect) of well-being.

scholarly journals LIFE SATISFACTION IN THE RETIREMENT TRANSITION: A RESOURCE-BASED DYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 1031-1031
Author(s):  
I. Hansson ◽  
S. Buratti ◽  
A. Berg ◽  
B. Johansson
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Retirement Transition ◽  
Dynamic Perspective

scholarly journals Increases in wellbeing in the transition to retirement for the unemployed: catching up with formerly employed persons

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
VALENTINA PONOMARENKO ◽  
ANJA K. LEIST ◽  
LOUIS CHAUVEL
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Difference Model ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
Retirement Transition ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Country Differences ◽  
Transition To Retirement ◽  
The Unemployed

ABSTRACTThis paper examines the extent to which wellbeing levels change in the transition to retirement depending on transitioning from being employed, unemployed or economically inactive. Whereas transitioning from employment to unemployment has been found to cause a decrease in subjective wellbeing with more time spent in unemployment, it is not clear how transitioning from unemployment to retirement affects wellbeing levels. We use the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe to monitor the life satisfaction of respondents who retire in between two waves. We portray wellbeing scores before and after retirement and then identify the change in life satisfaction during the retirement transition using a First Difference model. Results indicate that being unemployed before retirement is associated with an increase in life satisfaction, but presents mainly a catching-up effect compared to employed persons transitioning to retirement. These results are still significant if we control for selection into unemployment and country differences. Retirement from labour market inactivity does not lead to significant changes in wellbeing. As the wellbeing of unemployed persons recovers after transitioning to retirement, especially the currently unemployed population should be supported to prevent detrimental consequences of economically unfavourable conditions and lower wellbeing.

scholarly journals Exploring the relationship between working history, retirement transition and women's life satisfaction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Elisa Tambellini
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Role Theory ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Retirement Transition ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Transition Set ◽  
Using Data ◽  
And Cluster Analysis

Abstract How does the transition to retirement affect female subjective wellbeing? The major theoretical perspectives that have been applied as frameworks to study the heterogeneous adjustment to retirement include role theory and continuity theory. They have often been integrated with a lifecourse approach, which allows us to study retirement as a transition set inside a lifelong process. In this paper, I assess how working life courses are related to changes in subjective wellbeing before and after retirement, using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and concentrating on women. Firstly, I conduct sequence analysis and cluster analysis to identify groups of typical working lifecourses from ages 20 to 50. Secondly, regression models estimate how retirement transition is associated with changes in life satisfaction, according to the different working trajectories. The results show that some of the trajectories, constituted of discontinuity or part-time periods, exhibit a continuous increase in life satisfaction, passing from employment (or unemployment) to retirement. For other trajectories, such as the full-time one, retirement seems not to have implications for subjective wellbeing.

scholarly journals Disentangling the Mechanisms of Retirement Adjustment: Determinants and Consequences of Subjective Well-Being

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-87
Author(s):  
Isabelle Hansson ◽  
Sandra Buratti ◽  
Valgeir Thorvaldsson ◽  
Boo Johansson ◽  
Anne Ingeborg Berg
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Retirement Transition ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Bidirectional Associations ◽  
Total Resource

Abstract Retirement from work is a major life event requiring adaptation to new life circumstances. The resource-based dynamic model of retirement adjustment suggests that well-being will change due to changes in individual resources. In the present study, we test this hypothesis by investigating longitudinal and bidirectional associations between life satisfaction and perceived resources (i.e., self-esteem, autonomy, social support, self-rated physical health, self-rated cognitive ability, and financial satisfaction) over a 4-year period in the transition from work to retirement. Our sample included annual assessment data from 497 older adults (aged 60–66) in the population-based HEalth, Ageing, and Retirement Transitions in Sweden (HEARTS) study. Results from bivariate latent change score models showed weak but consistent associations between changes in perceived resources and changes in life satisfaction over the retirement transition. Analyses of cross-lagged effects also revealed bidirectional associations. Self-esteem, self-rated physical health, and total resource capability were positively related to changes in life satisfaction, and life satisfaction was positively related to changes in self-esteem, autonomy, self-rated physical health, and self-rated cognitive ability. The total resource capability accounted for 12% of the changes in life satisfaction in the first years following retirement. Life satisfaction accounted for 16% of the changes in autonomy in the transition from work to retirement. Our findings demonstrate that perceived resources are important for life satisfaction in the retirement transition, at the same time as overall life satisfaction accounts for how we perceive and evaluate our own resources during this process.

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