The Effect of Occupational Self-Efficacy and Psychological Well-Being on Middle-Aged Workers: The Mediating Effect of Retirement Anxiety and Healthy Marital Relationship
AUTHOR : 이은주,이지연
INFORMATION : page. 71~94 / 2016 Vol.23 No.1
ABSTRACT
This research examined the influence of occupational self-efficacy of middle-aged workers on psychological
well-being through mediating effect of retirement anxiety and healthy marriage relationship. Participants
consisted of 403 middle-aged workers living in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon. The data were analyzed
using structural equation model. As a result, First, there were positive correlations between occupational
self-efficacy and psychological well-being, occupational self-efficacy and healthy marriage relationship, and
healthy marriage relationship and psychological well-being. In contrast, there were negative correlations
between occupational self-efficacy and retirement anxiety and retirement anxiety and psychological wellbeing.
When occupational self-efficacy was high, retirement anxiety was low and marriage relationship was
high, leading to high level of psychological well-being. Second, retirement anxiety had mediating effect in
occupational self-efficacy and healthy marriage relationship as well as a partial mediating effect in career
self-efficacy and psychological well-being. Third, career self-efficacy was turned out to be significant in
double mediating path through influencing retirement anxiety and healthy marriage relationship. This
study provided information on intervention focusing on retirement anxiety and marriage relationship in
consultation related to psychological well-being of middle-aged office workers.