Resources of Individual Psychological Security with Respect to the Employment Status of a Pensioner

Аннотация

Two hundred pensioners aged 55 to 65 differing in employment status (working or retired) after retirement age and the character of that status (voluntary or involuntary) were surveyed. The content and the structure of the resources of the pensioners’ personalities, the external determinants of the choice of their employment status, and the connection between the external determinants of the employment status and the resources of the psychological security of the pensioners’ personality were analyzed. These psychological resources consist of resources of development and protection, which proves that the individual’s security resources are of high priority for pensioners. The significance of resource development for working pensioners and protection resources for actual pensioners is established. The level of psychological safety of a pensioner’s personality is determined by a combination of character and the voluntariness of the choice of employment status. The choice of employment status depends on a complex assessment of macro-, meso-, and microaspects of life. Self-evaluation of the development resources is prioritized to save the pensioner’s work activity.