TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived agency in retirement and retiree drinking behavior
T2 - Job satisfaction as a moderator
AU - Bacharach, Samuel
AU - Bamberger, Peter
AU - Biron, Michal
AU - Horowitz-Rozen, Mickey
N1 - Funding Information:
All authors contributed equally. Names appear in alphabetical order. Research for this article was supported by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism grant, 5 R01 AA011976.
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - Based on recent findings that post-retirement adjustment may be influenced by the conditions leading up to the decision to retire, we examine the impact of individual agency in the retirement decision on problematic drinking behavior, as well as the extent to which such an effect may itself depend upon the valence of the pre-retirement work experience. Using a sample of 304 blue-collar retirees, our findings indicate that, when controlling for pre-retirement drinking behavior, perceptions of retirement as the result of a more forced or involuntary decision are associated with greater alcohol consumption, while perceptions of retirement as the result of a more volitional or voluntary process are associated with lower levels of alcohol consumption and a lower risk of problematic drinking behavior. Our results also indicate that pre-retirement job satisfaction amplifies the former relationship, while attenuating the latter one.
AB - Based on recent findings that post-retirement adjustment may be influenced by the conditions leading up to the decision to retire, we examine the impact of individual agency in the retirement decision on problematic drinking behavior, as well as the extent to which such an effect may itself depend upon the valence of the pre-retirement work experience. Using a sample of 304 blue-collar retirees, our findings indicate that, when controlling for pre-retirement drinking behavior, perceptions of retirement as the result of a more forced or involuntary decision are associated with greater alcohol consumption, while perceptions of retirement as the result of a more volitional or voluntary process are associated with lower levels of alcohol consumption and a lower risk of problematic drinking behavior. Our results also indicate that pre-retirement job satisfaction amplifies the former relationship, while attenuating the latter one.
KW - Alcohol use disorders
KW - Pre-retirement job satisfaction
KW - Voluntary/involuntary retirement
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvb.2008.07.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jvb.2008.07.007
M3 - מאמר
AN - SCOPUS:55749084530
VL - 73
SP - 376
EP - 386
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
SN - 0001-8791
IS - 3
ER -
