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.…

Studies report contradictory finding on the hypothesis of an inverse relationship between work satisfaction and retirement attitude. Some suggest this inverse relationship occurs only where work acts as a key organizing factor for the workers. Data testing these hypotheses were analyzed from a study of employed males age 50 and older (N=1,922).…

Longitudinal data for 58 male subjects were used to examine intensively the process of adaptation to retirement. Evidence of high levels of adaptation in the sample was reflected in the overwhelming stability of morale over time. Multiple regression analysis indicated social resources condition the relationship between adaptation and retirement.…

Investigates the possibility that attitude toward retirement results from the worker's realistic appraisal of the type of retirement experience expected. Data collected from industrial workers (N=70) indicate that workers who can expect a positive retirement experience in terms of finances and friends are likely to have a positive attitude toward…