ArticleJournal of research in personality2014
The conscientious retiree: The relationship between conscientiousness, retirement, and volunteering.
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- Fifty-Five Years of Research Into Older People's Civic Participation: Recent Trends, Future Directions.The Gerontologist · 2020Review
- Unemployment and the Relationship between Borderline Personality Pathology and Health.Journal of research in personality · 2019Article
- Activity Engagement and Activity-Related Experiences: The Role of Personality.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2018Article
- The Life Skills of Older Americans: Association with Economic, Psychological, Social, and Health Outcomes.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Borderline personality pathology and physical health: The role of employment.Personality disorders · 2018Article
- Effects of Pre-Retirement Personality, Health and Job Lock on Post-Retirement Subjective Well-being.Translational issues in psychological science · 2017Article
- Volunteering is prospectively associated with health care use among older adults.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2016Article
- What makes us busy? Predictors of perceived busyness across the adult lifespan.The Journal of general psychologyArticle
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Abstract
The current study examined the relationship between conscientiousness, work status, and volunteering utilizing two large samples, the St. Louis Personality and Aging Network (SPAN) and the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). It was hypothesized that conscientious adults who were retired would be more likely to volunteer because, after retirement, they gain a substantial amount of free time, while losing an outlet for their industrious and achievement-striving tendencies. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses revealed that conscientious, retired individuals were more likely to volunteer than conscientious, working individuals. Further analyses revealed that facets of conscientiousness provide differential information from the general trait. These findings indicate that volunteering during retirement fills an important niche for high-striving, conscientious individuals.
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