Retirement Planning in the Pre-Retirement Age: Initial Adaptation and Validation of the Questionnaire «The Process of Retirement Planning Scale» by J.H. Noon, C. Stevens and F.M. Alpass

The paper presents the results of the initial adaptation and validation of the «The Process of Retirement Planning Scale» questionnaire, developed by a team of New Zealand scientists. Verification of the reliability and discriminativeness of the questionnaire subscales, gender differences and the model of retirement preparation were performed on a sample of 337 respondents (43 to 65 years old). Convergent validity was checked on a sample of 202 respondents (45 to 63 years old). Results showed that questionnaire has good psychometric measures and preserve 4-component model of retirement preparedness on a sample of Russian pre-retirees. Final version of questionnaire includes 35 items divided into 4 subscales and has a high degree of reliability-consistency: «Retirement representations» (Cronbach's alpha = 0,933), «Retirement goals» (Cronbach's alpha = 0.862), «The decision to prepare for retirement» (Cronbach's alpha = 0.855), «Preparing for retirement» (Cronbach's alpha = 0.854). «The Process of Retirement Planning Scale» is a reliable instrument measuring the stages of the process under study and can be used in psychological studies of pre-retirement planning.

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