Retirement Satisfaction Inventory

(Re)career Scale: Pilot Study for the Validation of a Scale About Career Post-Career Transitions

“…It is important to emphasize that, compared to previous studies, this study is completely innovative, as it goes beyond the reductionist views of retirement as an end of cycle, recognizing the potential for career growth and renewal in this life's stage. In this sense, it presents a new psychological assessment instrument that goes beyond the exclusive focus on variables such as reasons for retirement, retirement planning (e.g., financial, health, lifestyle, and psychosocial planning) retirement stages, satisfaction with retirement, involvement in activities (e.g., Retirement Satisfaction Inventory by Floyd, et al, 1992; e.g., Process of Retirement Planning Scale by Friedman and Scholnick's, 1997), focusing on a new career management model applied to transition and adaptation to retirement, which addresses a set of developmental tasks (self-exploration, environmental exploration, and adaptation) fundamental to problem-solving and career decision-making in this stage of life (Wang & Shi, 2014;Wang & Shultz, 2010). It is anticipated that the further development of this assessment tool may lead to new strategies and methods of support, guidance, and counseling for people in this stage of transition from a productive active life to a healthy, successful, and socially sustainable post-career living situation.…”

Actor and Partner Effects Among Marital Dyads in Retirement Adjustment and Well-being

“…In a study of individuals' assessment of satisfaction with, and perceptions of the retirement experience, Floyd, Haynes, Doll, Winemiller, and Lemsky (1992) found that those retirees who experienced pressure from an employer to retire reported the highest levels of negative affect at the onset of retirement. Floyd et al (1992) reported that this group rated having freedom and control less positively and experienced fewer positive long-term changes from pre to post-retirement. The voluntary retirees in this study reported comparatively higher rates of satisfaction with retirement.…”

“…They will still have needs for prestige, achievement, and recognition that must be met (Erdner & Guy, 1990). Floyd et al (1992) discovered that the women in their study of 402 retirees not only anticipated less satisfaction in retirement, but also experienced more initial stress at the time of retirement. Isakson and Johansson (2000) found that women were more 58 likely to choose voluntary early retirement than men and were more satisfied with the outcome than men.…”

Looking Toward the Future: Predicting Retirement Satisfaction

“…As many as one-third of retirees experience a decrease in life satisfaction after retirement (Atchley, 1976;Elwell & Maltbie-Crannell, 1981). In order to relieve some of the stress associated with retirement, it is important for individuals to address concerns in three domains: the short term impact of the event, the current satisfaction with life in retirement, and the long term impact of the event (Floyd et al, 1992). Research on decisionmaking explains that when faced with goals that have a time-lag between the decision (e.g., the acknowledgement that at some point in time an individual wants to retire) and the enactment (e.g., retirement), a process of goal striving is engaged (Bagozzi, Dholakia, & Basuroy, 2003).…”