Existing research suggests that gender differences in the effect of unemployment on mental health are related to the different positions and roles that are available for men and women in society and the family; roles that are connected with their different psychosocial and economic need for ...
Findings from this study suggest that the impetus for unemployment, be it voluntary or involuntary, may significantly impact a person's mental health.doi:10.5402/2012/483432Pharr, Jennifer R.Moonie, ShenizBungum, Timothy J.ISRN Public Health...
The effect of unemployment on mental health was examined with meta-analytic methods across 237 cross-sectional and 87 longitudinal studies. The average overall effect size was d =0.51 with unemployed persons showing more distress than employed persons. A significant difference was found for several in...
The effect of long-term unemployment and employment attitudes on mental health of 99 unemployed people in New Zealand were investigated in 1989 and again one year later. Each participant was interviewed in-depth on employment attitudes, and the General Health Questionnaire- 12 (GHQ), the ...
Mental health: overemployment, underemployment, unemployment and healthy jobs. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health 2002;1(3):1-26.Dollard, M.F. and Winefield, A.H. (2002), "Mental health: over employment, underemployment, unemployment and healthy jobs", Australian e-...
UNEMPLOYMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH: A REVIEW This review on unemployment and health is based primarily on the publications mentioned in the psychological data base (PSYCINFO) and in the medical data base (MEDLINE). Over 700 reports were first screened and then reviewed. Data for th... R Kalimo,...
Unemployment had more of an effect on the mental health of men (age-adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 2.98; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.30, 3.87) than on that of women (age-adjusted OR = 1.51; 95% CI = 1.11, 2.06). Gender differences in effects were related to family ...
The Central Bureau of Statistics in Norway was responsible for the collection of data. The results showed that unemployment had a weak but significant impact upon mental health problems. Active job seeking did not seem to moderate the mental health problems experienced by the unemployed. Social ...
When and how often a person experiences unemployment in their 20s, 30s and 40s has serious implications for their health later in life, which could be in part due to a lack of access to health care while unemployed, according to new research.
Using analyses of variance for repeated measures and linear regression, a negative change of mental health was not found after 6 and 12 months' unemployment, and the four measurements of mental health at registration did not predict employment status 6 and 12 months later. Results are discussed ...