Psychological research on retirement

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 209-233

  Wang, Mo ^a   Shi, Junqi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bridge employment; Retirement; Retirement adjustment; Retirement decision making; Retirement planning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; SATISFACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RETIREMENT;

EID: 84892183076     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010213-115131     Document Type: Review

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