ASSESSING ANXIETY ABOUT RETIREMENT - THE CASE OF ACADEMICIANS

One hundred and forty-four individuals, ninety-two of whom were active university faculty and fifty-two of whom were retired, completed a me asure of anxiety about retirement as well as a battery of self-report scales assessing a number of personality, job-related, and retirement- specific constructs. Results suggested that the newly developed measur e of retirement anxiety possessed high internal consistency as well as both discriminant and construct validity. Moreover, it is multidimens ional in nature, and distinct in content from previous scales assessin g anxiety about retirement. Its use for persons anticipating retiremen t is discussed in the context of the benefits of a proactive stance to ward retirement preparation.