RETIREMENT AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING

Retirement and Physical and Mental Well-Being

To Prepare:

  • Review this Week’s Learning Resources and identify three factors that can predict an individual’s physical and mental well-being in retirement.
  • Research the Walden Library and the Internet for at least 2 scholarly articles that support your factors.
  • Consider how gender and culture play a role in the transition into retirement.

By Day 4

Post an explanation of at least 3 factors that predict an individual’s physical and mental well-being in retirement and how they do so. In your post, please consider how gender and culture play a role in the transition into retirement. Reference at least 2 peer-reviewed articles beyond this week’s Learning Resources to support your post.

Kim, J. E., & Moen, P. (2002). Retirement transitions, gender, and psychological well-being: A life-course ecological model. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 57(3), 212–222.

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases. er and culture play a role in the transition into retirement. Reference at least 2 peer-reviewed articles beyond this week’s Learning Resources to support your post.

Answer preview
According to Kim, & Moen (2002), retirement is a developmental stage where individuals stop working after they have reached a certain age.  The issue of maintaining the well-being of such people becomes challenging due to the life-threatening diseases. Also, the aspect of the individuals having to make significant adjustments after losing their jobs due to retiring affects such individual’s wellness. Some people adjust well when they retire while as others find it difficult adapting to such changes…
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