[Retirement, psychological well-being and health: longitudinal study of a population of Parisian executives].
A longitudinal study was carried out on a sample of 155 french male managers in order to test the hypothesis that retirement has negative effects on health and life satisfaction in upper white-collar workers. At wave 1 (in 1976) of the study, these 155 managers were all working full time. At wave 2 (in 1979), 105 were retired and 50 were still working full time. Results from the comparison of these two groups do not support this hypothesis. On the other hand, the data suggest that some psychological factors assessed at wave 1 are, independently of retirement, significantly related to changes occurred in health and life satisfaction between the two waves of the study.
D000288:Administrative Personnel; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010297:Paris; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012179:Retirement
Retraite, bien-être psychologique et santé: étude longitudinale d'une population de cadres parisiens.