ArticleJournal of personality2018
On the quality of adjustment to retirement: The longitudinal role of personality traits and generativity.
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- Associations Between Generativity and Social Asymmetry Among Older Adults in Japan.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- The challenge of eco-generativity. Embracing a positive mindset beyond eco-anxiety: a research agenda.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Does generativity matter? A meta-analysis on individual work outcomes.European journal of ageing · 2022Review
- Older Canadians' Identity and Well-Being in Retirement.International journal of aging & human development · 2022Article
- Meaning in Life Mediates the Association between Environmental Engagement and Loneliness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Relationships Among Job Burnout, Generativity Concern, and Subjective Well-Being: A Moderated Mediation Model.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Dispositional negativity, cognition, and anxiety disorders: An integrative translational neuroscience framework.Progress in brain research · 2019Article
- Generativity and Well-Being of Midlife and Aging Parents With Children With Developmental or Mental Health Problems.Research on agingArticle
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Abstract
objectiveAlthough psychological factors have been explored in relation to other life transitions, their influence on retirement adjustment quality has been largely overlooked. This study assessed the contribution of personality traits and generativity before retirement in the prediction of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being at two temporal points after retirement.
methodThis article analyzes data from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) longitudinal sample. Specifically, it uses a subsample of people who were not retired at Time 1, but were 9 years after at Time 2 (n = 548) and 18 years after at Time 3 (n = 351).
resultsAfter controlling both for initial values on hedonic and eudaimonic well-being and for the effects of personal attributes and resources, higher scores on Extraversion at Time 1 significantly predicted hedonic well-being at Time 2, whereas lower scores on Neuroticism and higher scores on generativity at Time 1 significantly predicted eudaimonic well-being at Time 2. Neuroticism and generative concern at Time 1 remained significant in the prediction of eudaimonic well-being at Time 3.
conclusionsThe study shows that personality traits and generative concern at midlife explain a meaningful part of the variation in individuals' quality of subsequent retirement adjustment.
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