TY - JOUR
T1 - Midlife Work and Psychological Well-Being
T2 - A Test of the Psychology of Working Theory
AU - Kim, Shin Ye
AU - Fouad, Nadya
AU - Maeda, Hotaka
AU - Xie, Hui
AU - Nazan, Nashriq
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - In the present study, we examined the centrality of work in midlife adults and how it relates to their psychological well-being. Using the psychology of working theory (PWT), we tested a portion of the outcome of PWT in a sample of 1,888 midlife adults, finding good overall model data fit. Of the three needs work provides, survival, relatedness, and self-determination were each found to explain unique predictive variance. This suggests that adults who are most psychologically healthy have their survival needs met through their work, feel connected with people at work, and meet their self-determination needs through the experience of being engaged in activities at work. Implications of these findings for future research and career counseling are considered.
AB - In the present study, we examined the centrality of work in midlife adults and how it relates to their psychological well-being. Using the psychology of working theory (PWT), we tested a portion of the outcome of PWT in a sample of 1,888 midlife adults, finding good overall model data fit. Of the three needs work provides, survival, relatedness, and self-determination were each found to explain unique predictive variance. This suggests that adults who are most psychologically healthy have their survival needs met through their work, feel connected with people at work, and meet their self-determination needs through the experience of being engaged in activities at work. Implications of these findings for future research and career counseling are considered.
KW - career development
KW - midlife
KW - psychological well-being
KW - psychology of working
KW - work
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85046868923&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1069072717714538
DO - 10.1177/1069072717714538
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046868923
SN - 1069-0727
VL - 26
SP - 413
EP - 424
JO - Journal of Career Assessment
JF - Journal of Career Assessment
IS - 3
ER -