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a Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, New York
b Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Jungmeen E. Kim, University of Rochester, 187 Edinburgh Street, Rochester, NY 14608 E-mail: Jungmeen{at}psych.rochester.edu.
Decision Editor: Margie E. Lachman, PhD
This longitudinal study investigated the relationship between retirement transitions and subsequent psychological well-being using data on 458 married men and women (aged 50–72 years) who were either still in their primary career jobs, retired, or had just made the transition to retirement over the preceding 2 years. The findings show that the relationship between retirement and psychological well-being must be viewed in a temporal, life course context. Specifically, making the transition to retirement within the last 2 years is associated with higher levels of morale for men, whereas being "continuously" retired is related to greater depressive symptoms among men. The results suggest the importance of examining various resources and contexts surrounding retirement transitions (gender, prior level of psychological well-being, spouses' circumstance, and changes in personal control, marital quality, subjective health, and income adequacy) to understand the dynamics of the retirement transition and its relationship with psychological well-being.
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