Open AccessMental Health Before and After Retirement—Assessing the Relevance of Psychosocial Working Conditions: The Whitehall II Prospective Study of British Civil Servants
Author(s) -
Moritz Fleischmann,
Baowen Xue,
Jama Otolaryngology- Head
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series b, psychological sciences and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbz042
Subject(s) - mental health , psychosocial , general health questionnaire , psychology , context (archaeology) , stressor , social support , gerontology , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , paleontology , biology
Retirement could be a stressor or a relief. We stratify according to previous psychosocial working conditions to identify short-term and long-term changes in mental health.