Introduction. This article analyzes the influence of technosphere factors, among which technostress occupies a leading position, on the formation of social fears among working pensioners. The relevance of the research topic is determined by the existence of a social problem, which stems from a real contradiction between the vector of Russian social policy aimed at supporting the trend of active aging and the barriers preventing people of retirement age from continuing to work after retirement. Methodology. The study was conducted within the sociological-economic paradigm. Furthermore, the research methodology is based on the principles of systems analysis, allowing us to consider technostress as an integral part of the system of technofactors that contribute to the emergence of social fears, along with technostrain, technocomplexity, and others. The development of stress-generating determinants generated by working pensioners' involvement in the realities of the technosphere is analyzed using a process-based approach, which made it possible to demonstrate the development trends of social fears in this population group. The dialectical principle of ascending from the abstract to the concrete underpinned the analysis's progression from the concept of fears to the concept of social fears and then to the social fears of working pensioners, examined through the lens of determinants generated by the technosphere. Analysis. The author's framework is proposed for the mechanism by which technostress influences the development of social fears in working pensioners. It has been proven that technostress will have its own specific characteristics in different age groups, and the same technoenvironmental factors will impact them differently. Sociodemographic, socioprofessional, and socioterritorial characteristics can act as barriers to technostress or as catalysts for it. It has been substantiated that technofactors, including technostress, generate not only technophobias but also various social fears from the mega- to micro-level. Results. The study demonstrated that technostress not only generates technophobias but also shapes a specific repertoire of social fears. This underscores the need for modern organizations to take this fact into account and, whenever possible, create conditions for working retirees that allow them to prolong their active professional longevity without compromising their well-being.
