Abstract
The literature shows that retirement can bring both positive and negative effects. However, there are few tested interventions for preparing workers for this transition and avoiding or minimizing its negative impacts. This paper presents a study with multiple groups that examined the social validity of an intervention for retirement education grounded in contextual behavioral science and acceptance and commitment therapy. Twenty-seven workers aged 29 to 65 divided into three intervention groups participated (group 1, N = 15; group 2, N = 9; group 3, N = 3). According to the participants’ evaluations, the intervention provided socially valid goals, socially acceptable procedures, and socially important effects. However, some improvements are still needed, such as the use of more dynamic methods, better formatted printed material, and increased fidelity between the content’s implementation and the prescribed activities. The positive results indicate that contextual behavioral science may bolster the development of interventions whose components possess evidence for their social validity. The further evaluation of the intervention via a clinical trial study will offer more robust evidence for its effectiveness. It is hoped that by increasing the availability of theory-based interventions in this area, the present study will promote valid strategies to facilitate better adjustment to retirement.
Highlights
How does retirement impact a worker’s life? The answer is mixed: health can improve or worsen, as can satisfaction with life (Bonsang & Klein, 2012), marital life (Szinovacz & Davey, 2005), closeness to children (Szinovacz & Davey, 2001), leisure time (Nimrod, Janke, & Kleiber, 2008), and amount of physical activity (Kämpfen & Maurer, 2016), for example
The possibility of addressing different areas concomitantly reveals two important characteristics of the instrument employed. It allows individualization of one’s own retirement preparation—values, obstacles, and goals according to personal interests
The study described in this research was undertaken with the objective of examining the social validity of a retirement education intervention based on Contextual behavioral science (CBS)
Summary
The answer is mixed: health can improve or worsen (van der Heide, van Rijn, Robroek, Burdorf, & Proper, 2013), as can satisfaction with life (Bonsang & Klein, 2012), marital life (Szinovacz & Davey, 2005), closeness to children (Szinovacz & Davey, 2001), leisure time (Nimrod, Janke, & Kleiber, 2008), and amount of physical activity (Kämpfen & Maurer, 2016), for example Such variability stems from the personal and contextual resources available before and after retirement, which influence the impact of retirement and the worker’s adjustment to it (Wang, Henkens, & van Solinge, 2011). This poor preparedness can increase the worker’s vulnerability to Barbosa and Murta Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica (2019) 32:24 adjustment problems and reduce quality of life To minimize such risks, developing and evaluating retirement education interventions more rigorously is recommendable
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