TY - JOUR
T1 - Workforce disengagement stressors and retiree alcohol misuse
T2 - The mediating effects of sleep problems and the moderating effects of gender
AU - Belogolovsky, Elena
AU - Bamberger, Peter A.
AU - Bacharach, Samuel B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (# 5 R01 AA011976), and was also supported by the Smithers Institute for Alcohol-Related Workplace Studies of Cornell University.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - We generate and test a moderated mediation model of the effects of two retirement-related stressors (namely, financial and marital) on the severity of alcohol misuse among retirees. We posit that in addition to using alcohol to cope with stressors in retirement, alcohol may also be used to self-medicate the secondary, sleep-related effects of such stressors, and that gender serves as a key boundary condition, moderating the impact of such stressors on sleep-related problems, and of sleep-related problems on alcohol misuse. Using longitudinal data collected from a sample of 292 retirees, our findings generally support this model, suggesting that both stressors are associated with the severity of alcohol misuse among male retirees. Moreover, our findings demonstrate that - for male retirees - the effect of both stressors on the severity of alcohol misuse is to a large extent secondary to the stressors themselves, mediated by the sleep-related problems they may generate.
AB - We generate and test a moderated mediation model of the effects of two retirement-related stressors (namely, financial and marital) on the severity of alcohol misuse among retirees. We posit that in addition to using alcohol to cope with stressors in retirement, alcohol may also be used to self-medicate the secondary, sleep-related effects of such stressors, and that gender serves as a key boundary condition, moderating the impact of such stressors on sleep-related problems, and of sleep-related problems on alcohol misuse. Using longitudinal data collected from a sample of 292 retirees, our findings generally support this model, suggesting that both stressors are associated with the severity of alcohol misuse among male retirees. Moreover, our findings demonstrate that - for male retirees - the effect of both stressors on the severity of alcohol misuse is to a large extent secondary to the stressors themselves, mediated by the sleep-related problems they may generate.
KW - alcohol misuse
KW - financial stress
KW - marital problems
KW - moderated-mediation
KW - retirement
KW - sleep-related problems
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U2 - 10.1177/0018726711435250
DO - 10.1177/0018726711435250
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C2 - 24532849
AN - SCOPUS:84862178741
VL - 65
SP - 705
EP - 728
JO - Human Relations
JF - Human Relations
SN - 0018-7267
IS - 6
ER -