University of Tabriz Journal of Modern Psychological Researches 2322-3340 20 77 2025 03 21 The Effectiveness of Health-Oriented Retirement Education on Retirement Symptoms and Life Satisfaction in Teachers Nearing Retirement The Effectiveness of Health-Oriented Retirement Education on Retirement Symptoms and Life Satisfaction in Teachers Nearing Retirement 240 250 19422 10.22034/jmpr.2024.64670.6543 FA Shima Abbasian PhD student, Department of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran Kioumars Beshlideh Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamram University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran Nasrin Arshadi Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamram University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran Abdolkazem Neysi Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamram University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran Journal Article 2024 11 23 The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of health-oriented retirement education on retirement symptoms and life satisfaction in teachers nearing retirement. This applied research was a semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research included all male teachers nearing retirement in Ahvaz city in 2023. In this research, 32 male teachers nearing retirement, who had obtained the highest score in the retirement syndrome test, were selected and randomly placed in experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in eight 90-minute sessions of the health-oriented retirement program. But the control group did not receive any intervention. In this research, Diener's Life Satisfaction Scale (1985) and Bozorgmehri's Retirement Syndrome Questionnaire (2007) were used. For data analysis, multivariate covariance analysis was used using SPSS-24 statistical software. The results showed that there is a significant difference between the post-test mean of the dependent variables (retirement and life satisfaction indicators) with respect to the pre-test control of the dependent variables (p<0.001). The health-oriented retirement training package provides training to improve perceived changes and healthy lifestyle management skills after retirement and prepares people for retirement and can reduce retirement symptoms and increase life satisfaction in male teachers nearing retirement. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of health-oriented retirement education on retirement symptoms and life satisfaction in teachers nearing retirement. This applied research was a semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research included all male teachers nearing retirement in Ahvaz city in 2023. In this research, 32 male teachers nearing retirement, who had obtained the highest score in the retirement syndrome test, were selected and randomly placed in experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in eight 90-minute sessions of the health-oriented retirement program. But the control group did not receive any intervention. In this research, Diener's Life Satisfaction Scale (1985) and Bozorgmehri's Retirement Syndrome Questionnaire (2007) were used. For data analysis, multivariate covariance analysis was used using SPSS-24 statistical software. The results showed that there is a significant difference between the post-test mean of the dependent variables (retirement and life satisfaction indicators) with respect to the pre-test control of the dependent variables (p<0.001). The health-oriented retirement training package provides training to improve perceived changes and healthy lifestyle management skills after retirement and prepares people for retirement and can reduce retirement symptoms and increase life satisfaction in male teachers nearing retirement. https://psychologyj.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_19422_218416ef77015670a4d16c7c08dc2bf1.pdf