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Psychological Distress During the Retirement Transition and the Role of Psychosocial Working Conditions and Social Living Environment

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  • Mirkka Lahdenperä
  • Marianna Virtanen
  • Saana Myllyntausta
  • Jaana Pentti
  • Jussi Vahtera
  • Sari Stenholm

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ObjectivesMental health is determined by social, biological, and cultural factors and is sensitive to life transitions. We examine how psychosocial working conditions, social living environment, and cumulative risk factors are associated with mental health changes during the retirement transition.MethodWe use data from the Finnish Retirement and Aging study on public sector employees (n = 3,338) retiring between 2014 and 2019 in Finland. Psychological distress was measured with the General Health Questionnaire annually before and after retirement and psychosocial working conditions, social living environment, and accumulation of risk factors at the study wave prior to retirement.ResultsPsychological distress decreased during the retirement transition, but the magnitude of the change was dependent on the contexts individuals retire from. Psychological distress was higher among those from poorer psychosocial working conditions (high job demands, low decision authority, job strain), poorer social living environment (low neighborhood social cohesion, small social network), and more cumulative risk factors (work/social/both). During the retirement transition, greatest reductions in psychological distress were observed among those with poorer conditions (work: absolute and relative changes, p [Group × Time interactions]

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  • Mirkka Lahdenperä & Marianna Virtanen & Saana Myllyntausta & Jaana Pentti & Jussi Vahtera & Sari Stenholm, 2022. "Psychological Distress During the Retirement Transition and the Role of Psychosocial Working Conditions and Social Living Environment," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 77(1), pages 135-148.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:77:y:2022:i:1:p:135-148.
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    1. Maria Fleischmann & Baowen Xue & Jenny Head & Deborah Carr, 2020. "Mental Health Before and After Retirement—Assessing the Relevance of Psychosocial Working Conditions: The Whitehall II Prospective Study of British Civil Servants," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 75(2), pages 403-413.
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    1. K. C. Prakash & Marianna Virtanen & Soili Törmälehto & Saana Myllyntausta & Jaana Pentti & Jussi Vahtera & Sari Stenholm, 2022. "Changes in life satisfaction during the transition to retirement: findings from the FIREA cohort study," European Journal of Ageing, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 1587-1599, December.

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