TY - JOUR
T1 - Retirement anxiety and depressive symptoms among middle-aged adults
T2 - An indirect effect through death anxiety
AU - Segel-Karpas, Dikla
AU - Bergman, Yoav S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Basing our argument on Terror Management Theory, we posit that retirement is an age-related transition, which could result in greater death saliency and anxiety, leading to increased depressive symptoms. An indirect-effect model was tested on a convenience sample of 574 Israeli Jewish older workers (mean age = 57), finding that the link between retirement anxiety and depressive symptoms is mediated through death anxiety. Anxious anticipation of retirement could imply that the individual perceives it as an “end,” resulting in greater death saliency and death anxiety, which are related to poorer mental health. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
AB - Basing our argument on Terror Management Theory, we posit that retirement is an age-related transition, which could result in greater death saliency and anxiety, leading to increased depressive symptoms. An indirect-effect model was tested on a convenience sample of 574 Israeli Jewish older workers (mean age = 57), finding that the link between retirement anxiety and depressive symptoms is mediated through death anxiety. Anxious anticipation of retirement could imply that the individual perceives it as an “end,” resulting in greater death saliency and death anxiety, which are related to poorer mental health. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/07481187.2020.1725933
DO - 10.1080/07481187.2020.1725933
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C2 - 32048553
AN - SCOPUS:85079499993
SN - 0748-1187
VL - 46
SP - 245
EP - 249
JO - Death Studies
JF - Death Studies
IS - 1
ER -
