évaluation du livre intitulé manuel de gérontologie sociale 2.

Reviews the book, Manuel de gérontologie sociiale 2 by Jean Carette (1992). The Handbook of Social Gerontology 2 constitutes a practical complement of volume 1 which related to the social aspects of ageing and the retirement. Volume 2 relates mainly to the social intervention whose objective is to support the action and the collective mobilization individuals and associations of retirements. Using a 30-year experiment with groups of retirees, either in preparation of retirement, or in the collective action, the author approaches a new ground in gerontology. He proposes a new approach--social gerontology, (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

在红利支付情形下考虑负效用的消费投资问题

研究了经济代理人面临红利支付和劳动负效用情形下投资与退休选择问题,其中考虑了风险资产派发红利及劳动会给经济代理人带来效用损失的情形.代理人享有退休选择权,退休决策使得代理人避免了劳动负效用,却必须要放弃工资收入.代理人效用来自消费,并且受劳动负效用的直接影响.利用动态规划的方法去解自由边值问题,得到了代理人临界财富水平和最优消费投资组合策略显示解.     

老龄化与男女同龄退休

随着我国老年型社会的到来以及老龄化速度的加快,有学者提出延长退休年龄作为应对措施,但也有学者对此提出质疑。在当前条件下,统一延长退休年龄还为时过早,但目前的退休制度已经不适应当代社会。就此,从男女同龄退休的角度探讨调整退休制度的必要性和可行性。     

日本持续照顾型养老社区的开发模式与实践

持续照顾型养老社区在养老机构中起着重要的作用。中国正在进一步加速老龄化且拥有超过1亿老年人口。本文将探讨日本持续照顾型养老社区相应的建筑设计层面和运营层面的经验及其在中国应用的可能。     

Understanding the influence of demographic and psychological variables on retirement planning.

The authors examined the degree to which workers were engaging in financial, health, interpersonal/leisure, and work planning for retirement, exploring whether demographic and psychological variables inhibited or promoted planning in each of these domains. Planning in each domain was influenced by a unique set of variables. Goals emerged as a consistent and positive predictor of planning. Gender accounted for health and interpersonal/leisure planning, while work planning behavior was negatively predicted by income. Time perspective also helped to clarify the amount of retirement planning undertaken in the financial and interpersonal/leisure domains. Practical implications for designing retirement interventions are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The process of Retirement Planning Scale (PRePS): Development and validation.

Although a substantial proportion of the western population is approaching retirement age, little is known about how they are preparing for the future. Much attention has been paid to the consumption of educational material and retirement wealth in the present literature, but the process of retirement planning has been ignored. S. L. Friedman and E. K. Scholnick's (1997) theoretical model provided the basis for a comprehensive measure of retirement planning. According to their process theory, individuals develop an understanding of the problem, set goals, make a decision to start preparing, and finally undertake the behaviors needed to fulfill their goals. Fifty-two items were developed to assess each stage of the planning process for financial, health, lifestyle, and psychosocial retirement planning. These were tested on a population sample of 1,449 New Zealanders aged 49–60. Confirmatory factor analysis, bivariate correlations, and hierarchical regression provided support for the valid use of the measure. Necessary antecedents, such as the tendency to look to the future, and locus of control were significantly related to the Process of Retirement Planning Scale (PRePS). The PRePS also outperformed retirement planning measures used in the Health and Retirement Study (F. T. Juster & R. Suzman, 1995) after controlling for socioeconomic and psychological variables. This measure will enable social policy makers to determine which stages of retirement planning require support and intervention. The PRePS will also help to determine which domains of retirement planning predict well-being in later life and the factors which differentiate those who are planning from those who are not. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Review of Revitalizng retirement: Reshaping your identity, relationships, and purpose.

Reviews the book, Revitalizng retirement: Reshaping your identity, relationships, and purpose by Nancy K. Schlossberg (2009). Therapists, counsellors, and life coaches working with older middle-age adults will find this handbook to happiness in retirement a useful working tool. The author introduces the book by stating that some content resembles notes she resurrected from a freshman undergraduate lecture on personal development; accordingly, both the format and the issues discussed in this book generalise to life span motivational needs, but the intended focus is on the transition to retirement. As a result, this book would make a useful tool for a support group or workshop on psychosocial transitions in postemployment life, with some limitations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The role of familiarity in daily well-being: Developmental and cultural variation.

The present study examined life stage and cultural differences in the degree to which familiarity of one's physical location and interaction partner is associated with daily well-being. Participants reported all the activities they engaged in and how they felt during these activities on a previous day using the Day Reconstruction Method (Kahneman, Krueger, Schkade, Schwarz, & Stone, 2004). Both Korean and American retirees were happier when in a familiar place than in an unfamiliar place, whereas the reverse was true for both Korean and American working adults. In addition, we found cultural differences in the role of familiarity of the interaction partner. Specifically, Koreans (both retirees and working adults) were substantially happier when they interacted with a familiar person than when they interacted with an unfamiliar person. In contrast, Americans (both retirees and working adults) were no happier with a familiar person than with an unfamiliar person. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Positive and negative recency effects in retirement savings decisions.

Retirement savings decisions can be influenced by the fund composition of the retirement savings plan. In 2 experiments, strong composition effects were observed, with a larger percentage of resources being invested in stock funds when more stock than bond funds were offered. Although participants changed their allocations repeatedly, the opportunity to learn did not alter the composition effects. Learning processes led to positive and negative recency effects as well, providing evidence that allocations were strongly influenced by the recent performance of the different allocation options. Two learning models were tested to explain these learning processes. The first, a local adaptation learning model, assumes that people change their behavior on the basis of recent experience, whereas the second, a reinforcement learning model, assumes that decisions are made on the basis of the totality of accumulated experience. The local adaptation model was more accurate in predicting allocation decisions, in explaining positive and negative recency effects, and in showing why composition effects are not overcome by learning. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

增强高校离退休工作满意度的路径探索

文章以重庆大学为例,根据高校离退休工作的实践,从落实两项待遇、做好日常服务、进行思想引导、加强队伍建设等方面,探索增强离退休工作满意度的路径,为进一步做好高校离退休工作提供相关参考和借鉴。