THE EFFECT OF NEW OCCUPATION ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF RETIRED PERSONS

• Authors: Yarmohammadian Ahmad , Yazdkhasti Fariba
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of this paper was to explore inter-group differences in mental and physical health between retired persons who have returned to work and those who are unemployed. Selected demographic attributes (sex, age, years of education, etc.) were also examined for their relationship to mental health. The subjects were a convenience sample of 150 people aged 48 to 72 who were recruited from a retirement centre in Isfahan city (75 newly-employed retired persons, and a control group of 75 unemployed retired persons). The general health questionnaire (GHQ) was applied to measure the status of mental health. The results showed that unemployed retired persons had significantly lower scores than those who had new employment in mental health and, especially, in physical function.

Keywords

EN

MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RE-EMPLOYMENT; RETIREMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 69-76
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Yarmohammadian Ahmad

author

Yazdkhasti Fariba

• Ahmad Yarmohammadian, Department of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Human-Environment Sciences, Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10SKAAAA08867