Financial Self-Efficacy, Retirement Goal Clarity, and Pre-retirement Anxiety among Nurses in Southeast, Nigeria: The Mediating Role of Job Embeddedness

Ujoatuonu, Ikechukwu V. N.; Ike, Obinna O.; Amazue, Lawrence O.; Kanu, Gabriel C.

doi:10.1093/geroni/igad067

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“…From individuals facing the transition to retirement to the impact of policy changes in pensions on the health and health behaviors of individuals, these papers show that older adults in sub-Saharan Africa are faced with dynamic issues and must adapt as they develop. For example, in a cross-sectional study of over 200 nurses in Nigeria, financial self-efficacy and pre-retirement planning were found to be important predictors of a positive perception towards retirement ( Ujoatuonu et al, 2024 ). Beyond individual psychological factors that contribute to retirement outcomes, country-level policies can also influence this transition.…”

Section: Adapting To Changing Timesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sankofa: Learning From the Past to Build the Future—Introduction to the Special Issue on Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa

Stanley,

Chukwuorji

2024

Innovation in Aging

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Section: Adapting To Changing Timesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sankofa: Learning From the Past to Build the Future—Introduction to the Special Issue on Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa

Stanley,

Chukwuorji

2024

Innovation in Aging

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Is Geropsychology “Forever Young” on the Mother Continent? Addressing the Limited Research on Psychology of Aging in Africa

Chukwuorji,

Thuku,

Cassimjee

et al. 2023

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

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Objectives Our paper highlights areas of interest to psychologists studying aging in Africa and what has already been learned about aspects of psychological aging from studies done in the African context. We also considered whether there are issues that are unique about aging in the African context that might challenge how aging is typically considered in psychology research. Method We reviewed articles recently published in major gerontology journals focusing on African older adults, with the goal of identifying key themes of current geropsychology in Africa. Results We identified a number of dominant themes including: subjective aging, psychosocial impact of widowhood at old age, aging in place, stress and caregiving, cognitive aging, interrelations between HIV and aging, and successful aging. Discussion The themes of psychological aging research identified as especially relevant in Africa provide a starting point for psychological aging researchers in general to engage with the African context. Many African countries may be facing common challenges, but the existing studies are not fully representative of the aging population in the continent. Creating a framework for organizing and coordinating funding will help to address the limited research on geropsychology in Africa. Collaborative research projects/programs, joint classrooms, and fellowships that support African geropsychology scholars will be helpful. Geropsychology will benefit from more engagement with the African context by applying innovative approaches such as the adoption of longitudinal designs, mixed method research, Experience Sampling Methods, translation of measures into indigenous languages, involvement of rural samples, and implementation science and community engaged research.

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The effect of participation in support groups on retirement syndrome in older adults

Qorbani,

Majdabadi,

Nikpeyma

et al. 2024

BMC Geriatr

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Background Retirement and aging are phenomena that often occur simultaneously and lead to various physical and psychological changes in older adults. Retirement syndrome consists of symptoms such as feelings of emptiness, loneliness, uselessness, lack of clear understanding of future conditions and dissatisfaction with one’s performance after retirement. This phenomenon requires interventions to adapt to these changes. Considering the supportive role of nurses, the formation of support groups as an effective intervention in adapting to transitional stages is emphasized. Aims This study aims to investigate the effect of older adults’ participation in support groups on retirement syndrome. Methods This Quasi-experimental study recruited a total of 80 retired older adults meeting the inclusion criteria from three Retirement Associations (Retirement centers for social security retirees are among the institutions that have been set up by the government and this organization to provide face-to-face and offline services to social security retirees, as well as providing some facilities to this segment of the society). in Iran, Research samples were randomly assigned to two intervention and control groups. The demographic questionnaire and retirement syndrome questionnaire were completed by both groups at the beginning of the study. Then, four support group sessions lasting 60 to 90 min were held twice a week for the support group, and eight weeks after the end of the intervention, the questionnaires were completed for both groups. The data were analyzed using statistical tests in SPSS version 16. The significance level was set at p < 0.05 for all tests. Results The results of the covariance analysis showed that after the intervention, the feelings of helplessness and failure (p < 0.001), feelings of older and idleness (p = 0.027), and feelings of confusion and conflict (p = 0.002) were significantly less in the support group compared to the control group. In addition, the Feeling of trying and new direction (p < 0.001) was higher after the intervention. The paired t-test results showed that in the support group, the feelings of helplessness and failure (p < 0.001), feelings of older and idleness (p = 0.004), and feelings of confusion and conflict (p < 0.001) significantly decreased after the intervention compared to before it, while the feelings of trying and new direction (p = 0.004) significantly increased. Therefore, the results showed that after the intervention, there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups in all components of the retirement syndrome. Conclusion The results of this study show that participation of retired older adults in support groups can significantly improve all components of retirement syndrome, leading to an improvement in their quality of life and satisfaction.

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Financial Self-Efficacy, Retirement Goal Clarity, and Pre-retirement Anxiety among Nurses in Southeast, Nigeria: The Mediating Role of Job Embeddedness

Cited by 4 publications

References 44 publications

Sankofa: Learning From the Past to Build the Future—Introduction to the Special Issue on Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sankofa: Learning From the Past to Build the Future—Introduction to the Special Issue on Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa

Is Geropsychology “Forever Young” on the Mother Continent? Addressing the Limited Research on Psychology of Aging in Africa

The effect of participation in support groups on retirement syndrome in older adults

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