AUTHOR=Ugwu Lawrence Ejike , Enwereuzor Ibeawuchi K. , Nwankwo Barnabas E. , Ugwueze Stella , Ogba Franscisca N. , Nnadozie Evelyn E. , Elom Chinyere O. , Eze Angela , Ezeh Michael A. 

TITLE=Proactive Personality and Social Support With Pre-retirement Anxiety: Mediating Role of Subjective Career Success

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.569065

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.569065

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>The main objective of this paper is to investigate the mediating role of subjective career success (SCS) in the relationship between proactive personality, social support (SS), and pre-retirement anxiety. Using a two-wave longitudinal design, 624 pre-retirees were sampled (<italic>M</italic> = 56.49 years; <italic>SD</italic> = 4.56); of these, 237 (37.98%) were males and 387 (62.02%) were females. Measurement model and mediation test were performed using the SmartPLS and IBM SPSS Amos software. The result indicated that proactive personality, SS, and SCS showed negative relationships with the dimensions of pre-retirement anxiety (financial preparedness, social obligation, and social alienation). Subjective career success mediated the relationship between proactive personality and pre-retirement anxiety.</p>