Jubilación Bienestar asociado a la jubilación en docentes universitarios de Latinoamérica

Abstract

Retirement is a social process, an administrative imposition based on age and years worked; this population becomes a vulnerable group due to the deterioration of the physical and mental faculties characteristic of the evolutionary cycle; therefore, retirement has an impact on public health. The present study focused its attention on the community of retired university professors from the public university of Ecuador and aimed to analyze the psychological well-being associated with retirement. Descriptive, quantitative, cross-sectional, correlational, non-experimental study. The Psychological Well-being Scale and the MOS Social Support Questionnaire were applied. The results characterized the socio-demographic profile of 725 retired teachers in the 2012-2017 period. According to their condition, they have an average age of 67 years; 45% live with their partner and the rest with other relatives. A high degree of psychological well-being was determined, highlighting the positive relationships with other dimensions, domain of the environment; unlike life purpose that reflected a low grade. Likewise, a high index of social support was demonstrated. The correlation matrix debuted a high correlation between the dimensions of the variables. Keywords: psychological well-being, retirement, university teachers, social support.