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Ténacité et flexibilité dans la poursuite de projets personnels: Impact sur le bien-être à la retraite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Lucie Trépanier ,
Sylvie Lapierre ,
Jacques Baillargeon  and
Léandre Bouffard
Lucie Trépanier
Affiliation:
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Sylvie Lapierre
Affiliation:
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Jacques Baillargeon
Affiliation:
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Léandre Bouffard
Affiliation:
Uniuersité de Sherbrooke
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Abstract

This research pertained to personal goals during retirement and especially to the influence of tenacity and flexibility on measures of psychological well-being. The participants (N = 147) had been retired for less than three years and were aged between 49 and 75 years (M = 58 years). The participants had to identify four personal goals and rate each of them along 15 dimensions. Psychological well-being was evaluated with scales of depression, self-esteem and life satisfaction. Regression analyses showed that flexibility in the presence of obstacles to the realization of goals accounts for 44 per cent of the variance in depression, 29 per cent of life satisfaction and 25 per cent of self-esteem. Tenacity had a more modest impact. Flexibility seems to be the strategy which is most useful in facing difficulties in the pursuit of goals during retirement.

Résumé

Cette recherche s'intéresse aux projets personnels lors de la transition vers la retraite et plus particulièrement à l'influence de la ténacité et de la flexibilité sur le bien-être psychologique. Les 147 participants étaient retraités depuis moins de trois ans et âgés entre 49 et 75 an. Les participants ont identifié quatre projets personnels et les ont évalués selon 15 caractéristiques. Le bien-être à été évalué à l'aide d'échelles de dépression, d'estime de soi et de satisfaction de vie. Les analyses de régression ont démontré que l'utilisation de la flexibité en présence d'obstacles à la réalisation des buts explique 44 pour cent de la variance de la dépression, 29 pour cent de la satisfaction de vie et 25 pour cent de l'estime de soi. L'influence de la ténacité fut beaucoup plus modeste. La flexibilité semble done être une stratégie très efficace afin de faire face aux difficultés dans la poursuite de buts à la retraite.

Keywords

Butsbien-êtreretraiteadaptationsatisfactiondépression.GoalsWeil-BeingRetirementAdaptationSatisfactionDepression.
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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , Hiver/Winter 2001 , pp. 557 - 576
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Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 2001

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