Psychological Well-Being in Retirement: The Effects of Personal and Gendered Contextual Resources

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 230-246

  Kubicek, Bettina ^a   Korunka, Christian ^a   Raymo, James M ^b   Hoonakker, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Preretirement resources; Psychological well being; Retirement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79954493046     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022334     Document Type: Article

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