Objective: The present study aims to investigate whether changes in future time perspective could influence individual’s retirement process and adjustment. Moreover, we would also like to test moderation effect of essentialist beliefs about aging on the association between changes in future time perspective and retirement adjustment. Method: 201 participants were recruited 3 months before retirement and followed for 6 months. Future time perspective was measured before and after retirement. Essentialist beliefs about aging was measured before retirement. Other demographics as well as life satisfaction were also measured as covariates. Results: Multiple regressions were conducted, and the results revealed that (1) retirement could lead to limited future time perspective, but individual differences regarding the influence of retirement on future time perspective also exists; (2) increase in future time perspective was positively associated with retirement adjustment; and moreover, (3) such association was moderated by fixed views of essentialist beliefs, such that retirees holding a more fixed view of essentialist beliefs about aging exhibited a stronger association between future time perspective change and retirement adjustment, while those who held less fixed view of essentialist beliefs about aging did not show such association. Discussion: The present study contributes to the literature by showing that future time perspective could be influence by retirement, and such changes could in turn further impact adjustment. And the association between changes in future time perspective and retirement adjustment was only effective among retirees holding more fixed views of essentialist beliefs about aging. Findings would also provide important practical implications to improve retirement adjustment.

目的：本研究旨在探讨未来时间观念的变化是否会影响个人的退休过程和调整。此外，我们还想测试关于老龄化的本质主义信念对未来时间观念变化与退休调整之间关系的调节作用。方法：201 名参与者在退休前 3 个月招募，并随访 6 个月。未来时间视角是在退休之前和之后进行测量的。本质主义关于衰老的信念是在退休前进行测量的。其他人口统计数据以及生活满意度也作为协变量进行测量。结果：进行多元回归分析，结果显示：（1）退休会导致有限的未来时间观，但退休对未来时间观的影响也存在个体差异；(2)未来时间视角的增加与退休调整正相关；此外，（3）这种关联受到本质主义信念的固定观点的调节，因此对老龄化本质主义信念持有更固定观点的退休人员在未来时间观念的变化和退休调整之间表现出更强的关联，而那些持有不太固定观点的退休人员则表现出更强的关联性。关于衰老的本质主义信念并没有显示出这种关联。讨论：本研究表明未来时间观念可能会受到退休的影响，而这种变化反过来可能会进一步影响调整，从而对文献做出了贡献。未来时间观念的变化与退休调整之间的关联仅在对老龄化本质主义信念持有更固定看法的退休人员中有效。研究结果还将为改善退休调整提供重要的实际意义。