Effects of Retirement Anxiety and Aging Anxiety on Psychological Well-being among Middle-Aged Men: Mediating Effect of Adaptive Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategy
AUTHOR : 정정희, 이순현, 조수현
INFORMATION : page. 211~234 / 2022 Vol.29 No.3
ABSTRACT
This study attempts to identify the mediating role of adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy in the relationship among anxiety of retirement and ageing, and psychological well-being among middle-aged men, respectively. The final data of 255 working men, aged 40 to 64 from three cities in South Korea, was analyzed using SPSS 25.0 and Amos 26.0. Four research variables were assessed with retirement anxiety, ageing anxiety, adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy, and psychological well-being. The findings of the study are as follows. First, retirement anxiety on psychological well-being among the middle-aged men had a significant direct effect and ageing anxiety had no significant direct effect. Second, a significant full-mediational path through adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy from ageing anxiety to psychological well-being was identified. The present findings imply the distinctive role of retirement- and ageing anxiety and support the contribution of adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy for ageing anxiety among middle-aged men. Study limitations and suggestions for further studies were discussed.