Memorable Messages About Retirement, Own Communication About Financial Preparations for Retirement, and Successful Aging: Testing Theoretical Mechanisms in the Communicative Ecology Model of Successful Aging

IF 4.9 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Communication Research Pub Date : 2026-06-28 DOI:10.1177/00936502261463578

Quinten S. Bernhold, Cole Jagger Lazerus Burns, Kylie Julius, Peyton Mills, Sarah Devereux, Traci Lively

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Abstract

This study addressed how communication about retirement fits in the communicative ecology model of successful aging (CEMSA). U.S. American older adults ( N = 294, M Age = 59.27 years) reported on a memorable message they heard about retirement, as well as on their own talk about how they can be financially prepared for retirement. Older adults who wrote a memorable message with a theme of (a) saving money for retirement or (b) relaxing or enjoying life during retirement reported talking about how they can be financially prepared for retirement more than did older adults who did not write a memorable message with one of these themes. Older adults’ talk about how they can be financially prepared for retirement was indirectly associated with successful aging, via the serial mediators of positive affect about aging and aging efficacy. Talking about how one can be financially prepared for retirement may be a worthwhile theoretical addition to the CEMSA.

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关于退休的记忆信息、关于退休财务准备的自我沟通与成功老龄化：成功老龄化沟通生态模型的理论机制检验

本研究探讨了关于退休的沟通如何适应成功老龄化的沟通生态模型（CEMSA）。美国老年人（N = 294, M = 59.27岁）报告了他们听到的关于退休的令人难忘的信息，以及他们自己关于如何为退休做经济准备的谈话。以(a)为退休存钱或(b)在退休期间放松或享受生活为主题撰写难忘信息的老年人报告说，他们如何为退休做财务准备的比例高于没有以这些主题之一撰写难忘信息的老年人。老年人谈论如何为退休做财务准备，通过对衰老的积极影响和衰老功效的系列中介间接与老龄成功相关。谈论如何在财务上为退休做准备可能是CEMSA的一个有价值的理论补充。

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期刊介绍： Empirical research in communication began in the 20th century, and there are more researchers pursuing answers to communication questions today than at any other time. The editorial goal of Communication Research is to offer a special opportunity for reflection and change in the new millennium. To qualify for publication, research should, first, be explicitly tied to some form of communication; second, be theoretically driven with results that inform theory; third, use the most rigorous empirical methods; and fourth, be directly linked to the most important problems and issues facing humankind. Critieria do not privilege any particular context; indeed, we believe that the key problems facing humankind occur in close relationships, groups, organiations, and cultures.