title: Body satisfaction and retirement satisfaction: the mediational role of subjective health.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Previous studies have highlighted the crucial role of subjective health in retirement satisfaction. However, it is likely that a retiree's health judgement mediates the influence of some variables on retirement satisfaction. The present study hypothesized that body satisfaction, as an evaluative summary of the individual's somatic experiences, is positively related to retirement satisfaction through the mediation of subjective health.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retired individuals (N=256) were administered for body satisfaction, subjective health, and retirement satisfaction questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Regression analysis demonstrated that body satisfaction was positively related to retirement satisfaction through the partial mediation of subjective health.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study highlights the contribution of somatic experiences on retirement satisfaction, through their influence on retirees' health evaluation, and provides some additional insights into the determinants of life satisfaction in retirement.
authors: University Paris XI, Paris, France. yannick.stephan@u-psud.fr
authors: Yannick
authors: Y
authors: Stephan
authors: Evelyne
authors: E
authors: Fouquereau
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: Fernandez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012179:Retirement / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires