The Process of Retirement Planning Scale (PRePS): Development and Validation

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 520-531

  Noone, Jack H ^a   Stephens, Christine ^a   Alpass, Fiona ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Measurement; Preparation; Retirement planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACE VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUTUROLOGY; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS OF RETIREMENT PLANNING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUPPORT GROUP;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; GOALS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETIREMENT;

EID: 77956776857     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019512     Document Type: Article

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