Changes of Life Satisfaction in the Transition to Retirement: A Latent-Class Approach

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 442-455

  Pinquart, Martin ^a   Schindler, Ines ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; growth mixture models; life satisfaction; retirement transition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFE EVENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 35148898148     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.22.3.442     Document Type: Article

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