The Psychological Anxiety of the Middle-Aged Men Who Expect to -Emphasizing upon the State- Trait Anxiety and the Opinion on the Present Retirement system-

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 1992;30(2):159-169.

논문편 : 정년 퇴직을 앞둔 중년 남성의 심리적 불안 - 퇴직 예정자의 상태 , 특성불안과 현행 정년제도에 대한 시각을 중심으로 -

김향은, 정옥분

고려대학교 가정교육과

The Psychological Anxiety of the Middle-Aged Men Who Expect to -Emphasizing upon the State- Trait Anxiety and the Opinion on the Present Retirement system-

Hyang Eun Kim, Ock Boon Chung

ABSTRACT

This study attempted to analyze the psychological anxiety of middle-aged men who expect to retire in order to bring up the problems of present retirement system, and suggest more desirable solutions connected with social welfare. The subjects of this study consisted of "non retirement group", aged 40-44(N=70) and "retirement group", aged 50-54(N=60) who were full-time employees in the small and medium enterprizes. The psychological anxiety levels of the two groups were assessed by the Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI) composed of 40 items. The major findings are as follows. There were significant differences in both trait and state anxiety between the two groups. The retirement group reported the higher level of both trait and state anxiety than the non retirement. And there was significant difference in "increased anxiety level by retirement"(state anxiety-trait anxiety) between the two groups. The retirement group reported the higher level of increased anxiety than the non retirement group. The state anxiety of the retirement group was significantly different by the retirement-related factors such as health state, the presence or absence of leisure activity and plan for later life, etc. The opinion of the two groups on the present retirement system was generally negative. The two groups prefered the voluntary retirement to involuntary retirement and considered that the retirement time must be prolonged to the age of 60 or 65.