Claims That Retirement Improves Health.

Ekerdt, David J.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ279187

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983-Mar

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Claims That Retirement Improves Health.

Ekerdt, David J.; And Others

Journal of Gerontology, v38 n2 p231-36 Mar 1983

Compared men who claimed that retirement improved their health (N=114) with men who claimed no effect (N=149). Results showed that retrospective claims of good effects were not corroborated by a corresponding longitudinal, pre- to post-retirement improvement in self-reported health except among men whose retirement reduced prior job strain. (Author/JAC)

Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Gerontology, Longitudinal Studies, Males, Physical Health, Retirement, Stress Variables, Work Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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