Abstract
M.A. (Psychology)
The main objective of this study was to determine the influence
of career involvement on the psycho-social well-being of the aged.
An attempt was made to establish whether there would be any
significant differences in life satisfaction, depression and
self-concept, between economically active and non-active elderly
persons.
The research design was of an ex post facto nature.
The sample consisted of 128 subjects between the ages of 60 and
80 years and was drawn from a middle to upper socio-economic
population in the Witwatersrand area. Fifty of the respondents
were still employed full-time, 16 were employed part-time and 62
were retired. Persons who reported poor physical health were
excluded from the study.
The Life Satisfaction in the Elderly Scale of Salamon and Conte
and the Affect Balance Scale of Bradburn were used as measures
of life satisfaction; the Centre for Epidemiological StudiesDepression
Scale was used to measure depression and Vrey's Selfconcept
Scale was used to measure self-concept. One way and two
way analysis of variance were used to test the hypotheses...