Aging; psychological transition processes; adjustment to retirement; cognition; retirement
Abstract :
[en] Objective: To investigate the relationship between psychological transition and adjustment to
retirement and cognitive performances in older adults.
Methods: The study’s sample was taken from the Approche Multidisciplinaire Int egr ee cohort, a
French prospective study of retirees from agriculture, aged 65 and over, living in rural settings in
southwestern France. The cross-sectional analyses were conducted on a sample of 590 elderly people
without dementia at baseline and for whom information on perception of the work setting,
experience of the retirement transition and adaptation to retirement life (nine variables) as well as
neuropsychological measures (global cognitive functioning, episodic memory, verbal fluency,
attention and psychomotor speed) were available at first visit.
Results: Multivariable linear regression analyses, including nine variables related to retirement and
adjusted for potential confounding factors, indicated that three of them positive consideration of
former work situation, development of new activities during retirement and good adaptation to free
time were associated with better cognitive performances.
Conclusions: We found that several factors proved to be determinants of good cognitive functioning
at retirement and could serve as a basis for the development of more efficient intervention programs
aimed at helping retirees to maintain good cognitive functioning after retirement.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Grotz, Catherine ; Université de Liège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie de la sénescence et du vieillissement
Matharan, Fanny; Université de Bordeaux > INSERM, U 1219
Pérès, Karine; Université de Bordeaux > ISPED, Centre INSERM U1219
Laberon, Sonia; Université de Bordeaux > Laboratoire de Psychologie EA 4139
Vonthron, Anne-Marie; Université Paris Ouest > Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie social
Dartigues, Jean-François; Université de Bordeaux > INSERM, U 1219
Letenneur, Luc; Université de Bordeaux > INSERM, U 1219
Adam, Stéphane ; Université de Liège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie de la sénescence et du vieillissement
Language :
English
Title :
Psychological transition and adjustment processes related to retirement: Influence on cognitive functioning
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