Bauger Lars
Department of Health, Social and Welfare Studies, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway.
Scand J Public Health. 2025 Apr;53(1_suppl):33-41. doi: 10.1177/14034948241291091. Epub 2024 Dec 17.
This study aimed to identify subgroups of Norwegian retirees with similar trajectories of subjective well-being (SWB) across the retirement transition and to explore how various factors influence these SWB trajectories.
The study employed growth mixture modelling to analyze longitudinal data, exploring the trajectories of life satisfaction, positive affect and negative affect in retirement transition. It also examined the influence of factors such as demographic, living arrangement, pre-retirement work conditions, individual characteristics and available resources on these SWB trajectories.
Contrary to the hypothesised three distinct SWB trajectories in retirement, the results more strongly support a single group solution for life satisfaction and positive affect. For negative affect, a two-group solution, consisting of one group with stable low and another with stable high negative affect, was preferred. The study identified several predictors of SWB trajectories.
The findings suggest that retirement is a neutral life event with stable SWB trajectories. However, several factors significantly influence whether retirees experience higher or lower SWB in retirement. The findings of this study provide updated insights into the heterogeneity of the retirement experience, as well as highlight important factors for retirement SWB.
本研究旨在识别挪威退休人员中在退休过渡期间主观幸福感（SWB）轨迹相似的亚组，并探讨各种因素如何影响这些SWB轨迹。
该研究采用增长混合模型分析纵向数据，探索退休过渡期间生活满意度、积极情绪和消极情绪的轨迹。它还研究了人口统计学、生活安排、退休前工作条件、个人特征和可用资源等因素对这些SWB轨迹的影响。
与假设的退休后三种不同的SWB轨迹相反，结果更有力地支持了生活满意度和积极情绪的单组解决方案。对于消极情绪，由一组稳定的低消极情绪和另一组稳定的高消极情绪组成的两组解决方案更受青睐。该研究确定了SWB轨迹的几个预测因素。
研究结果表明，退休是一个主观幸福感轨迹稳定的中性生活事件。然而，几个因素显著影响退休人员在退休后主观幸福感的高低。本研究的结果为退休经历的异质性提供了新的见解，并突出了影响退休主观幸福感的重要因素。
