TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards an active and happy retirement? Changes in leisure activity and depressive symptoms during the retirement transition
AU - Henning, Georg
AU - Stenling, Andreas
AU - Bielak, Allison A. M.
AU - Bjälkebring, Pär
AU - Gow, Alan J.
AU - Kivi, Marie
AU - Muniz-Terrera, Graciela
AU - Johansson, Boo
AU - Lindwall, Magnus
N1 - Funding Information:
Preparation of this manuscript was supported by the grants Dnr 2013-2291 and Dnr 2013-2300 from the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE). Andreas Stenling was supported by an international postdoc grant from the Swedish Research Council (dnr: 2017-00273).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/4/3
Y1 - 2021/4/3
N2 - Objectives: Retirement is a major life transition in the second half of life, and it can be associated with changes in leisure activity engagement. Although theories of retirement adjustment have emphasized the need to find meaningful activities in retirement, little is known about the nature of changes in leisure activity during the retirement transition and their association with mental health.Methods: Based on four annual waves of the ‘Health, Aging and Retirement Transitions in Sweden’ study, we investigated the longitudinal association of leisure activity engagement and depressive symptoms using bivariate dual change score models. We distinguished intellectual, social, and physical activity engagement.Results: We found increases in all three domains of activity engagement after retirement. Although level and change of activity and depressive symptoms were negatively associated, the coupling parameters were not significant, thus the direction of effects remains unclear.Conclusion: The results highlight the need to consider the role of lifestyle changes for retirement adjustment and mental health.
AB - Objectives: Retirement is a major life transition in the second half of life, and it can be associated with changes in leisure activity engagement. Although theories of retirement adjustment have emphasized the need to find meaningful activities in retirement, little is known about the nature of changes in leisure activity during the retirement transition and their association with mental health.Methods: Based on four annual waves of the ‘Health, Aging and Retirement Transitions in Sweden’ study, we investigated the longitudinal association of leisure activity engagement and depressive symptoms using bivariate dual change score models. We distinguished intellectual, social, and physical activity engagement.Results: We found increases in all three domains of activity engagement after retirement. Although level and change of activity and depressive symptoms were negatively associated, the coupling parameters were not significant, thus the direction of effects remains unclear.Conclusion: The results highlight the need to consider the role of lifestyle changes for retirement adjustment and mental health.
KW - Leisure activity
KW - depressive symptoms
KW - retirement adjustment
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U2 - 10.1080/13607863.2019.1709156
DO - 10.1080/13607863.2019.1709156
M3 - Article
C2 - 31965817
SN - 1360-7863
VL - 25
SP - 621
EP - 631
JO - Aging and Mental Health
JF - Aging and Mental Health
IS - 4
ER -