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Revista de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones
On-line version ISSN 2174-0534Print version ISSN 1576-5962
Abstract
NEGRINI, Alessia; PANARI, Chiara; SIMBULA, Silvia and ALCOVER, Carlos María. The push and pull factors related to early retirees' mental health status: a comparative study between Italy and Spain. Rev. psicol. trab. organ. [online]. 2013, vol.29, n.2, pp.51-58. ISSN 2174-0534. https://dx.doi.org/10.5093/tr2013a8.
In recent years, early retirement has attracted increasing attention in the literature. Using a larger Italian-Spanish sample, this study examines the push and pull factors related to early retirees´ mental health status, as well as the moderating effects of perceived self-efficacy on the relationships between reasons for early retirement and mental health. Analyses revealed that poor retirees´ mental health is positively correlated to the push factor Pressure from Employer and negatively related to the pull factor Pursue Own Interests. Thus, mental health status is better for Italian retirees than for their Spanish counterparts. The Italian sample shows that Pursue Own Interests was negatively related to poorer mental health particularly under the low self-efficacy condition. Findings suggest that mental health depends on both the motivating reasons that lead people to retire early and the personal resources available to them to manage this psychosocial transition.
Keywords : Early retirement; Motivation; Self-efficacy; Personal resources; Mental health.