| Abstract: | 301 South Australian retirees completed an interview/questionnaire regarding their regular leisure activities and retirement satisfaction. Leisure activities were reliably rated on the attributes of influence, variety, skill utilization, and interaction. Retirement satisfaction was measured along factors of activities, people, health, finances, and life satisfaction. Results generally do not support the hypothesis that attributes of work that are associated with job satisfaction would also be the attributes of leisure that are associated with retirement satisfaction. Following the use of decomposition procedures, it was found that the number of leisure activities and leisure interaction, together with health and financial satisfaction, were significant predictors of satisfaction with retirement activities. Of these variables, only satisfaction with retirement activities was a significant predictor of life satisfaction. (30 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
