التوافق النفسي للمتقاعدين من كبار السن الأردنيين العاملين و غير العاملين من كلا الجنسين

Abstract EN

This was a descriptive study to explore the psychological adjustment to retirement among Jordanian employed and unemployed elderly males and females.

The Adjustment Scale for Old Persons (ASOP) (Alkatan, 1982) was administered to an incidental sample consisting of 100 retirees (60 males and 40 females), whose average age was (66.46 years).

Fifty percent of the subjects were employed.

One and Two Ways Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze the data, suggesting significant differences (a = 0.0001) on adjustment among employed and unemployed retirees, in favor of the employed group.

No significant differences on adjustment were shown among male and female retirees (employed and unemployed).

Furthermore, there was a significant interaction effect (a = 0.02) on adjustment, based on work and gender variables among unemployed retirees, in favor of female retirees.

Further studies are needed to investigate the life of retired persons, both empirically and by case study.