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Correlational findings

Study Beaman (2010): study CA 2005

Public
Recent retirees, Canada, followed 1 year, 200/-200/
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 327
Non Response
T1:26,8%, T2:12,8%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
completed questionnaires at Concordia University T2: 12 months after T1

Correlate

Authors's Label
Duration of retirement
Our Classification
Remarks
T2: 12 months later after T1
Distribution
47.4% retired for a year or less
52.6 % retire for one to two years
T1: M=1.09, SD=0.56
T2: M=2.24, SD=0.72
Operationalization
0: one year or less
1: one or two years

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-BW-cm-mq-v-5-e Beta = + ns T1 happiness by years since retirement

PA: Beta= +.03 (ns)
NA: Beta= -.04 (ns)
Correlation with ABS not reported, but must be positive but not significant

Beta controlled for:
- age
- health
- finances
- gender
- emotional awareness
- positive interactions
- negative interactions
- perceived availability of support
- perceived satisfaction with support

Totat effect in Fig.2
PA= -0.15*0.23*0.26        = -.00897
NA= -0.15*0.23*0.21*(-0.14)= +.0010143
A-BW-cm-mq-v-5-e Beta = + ns T1-T2 CHANGE in happiness by years since retirement

PA: Beta= +.03 (ns)
NA: Beta= -.04 (ns)
Correlation with ABS not reported, but must be positive but not significant

Beta with T2 happiness controlled for
- T1 happiness (to capture change)
- health
- finances
- gender
- emotional awareness
- T1 positive interactions
- T2 positive interactions
- T1 negative interactions
- T2 negative interactions
- T1 perceived satisfaction with support
- T2 perceived satisfaction with support

Non-significantion associations have been deleted from figure 2