Social Disconnectedness and Psychological Well-Being of Retired College Teachers
Abstract
Retirement has become an increasingly prominent research topic in the literature of psychology. Employee retirement has been a considered of significant importance in areas such as socioeconomic, politics and human resource due to rapid aging of the population and labor force. Current study evaluates psychological constructs i.e. social disconnectedness and psychological well-being in retired college teachers. For that purpose sample of 200 retired college teachers was taken from Lahore and Faisalabad. Social Disconnectedness Scale (Cornwell & Waite, 2009) and Ryff Scale of Psychological Well-being (1989) were applied on the participants to collect the data. Correlational research design was used with purposive sampling strategy. The results revealed that there was no significant gender difference in the level of social disconnectedness. As for psychological well-being and its dimensions results revealed that men were more autonomous and had environmental mastery as compared to women; personal growth was higher in men as compared to women. Men were more purposeful in their lives as compared to women; Men had more self-acceptance than women. However, women scored more on positive relations as compared to men. Correlational analysis revealed that social disconnectedness had negative relationship with psychological wellbeing. Regression analysis was revealed that social disconnectedness negatively predicted psychological wellbeing.
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