Effects of short- and long-term unemployment on physical work capacity and on serum cortisol

Maier, Richard; Egger, Andrea; Barth, Alfred; Winker, Robert; Osterode, W.; Kundi, Michael; Wolf, Christian; Ruediger, Hugo W.

doi:10.1007/s00420-005-0052-9

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“…The two metaanalyses differ in their findings on the effects of duration of unemployment: Brown et al (12) found no significant trend, while Paul and Moser (9, e4) found a linear increase in problems with duration of unemployment. Individual original studies also confirm an increase in problems (13)(14)(15).…”

Section: Total Mortalitymentioning

confidence: 79%

Health in the Long-Term Unemployed

Herbig¹,

Dragano²,

Angerer³

2013

Deutsches Ärzteblatt International

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Section: Total Mortalitymentioning

confidence: 79%

Health in the Long-Term Unemployed

Herbig¹,

Dragano²,

Angerer³

2013

Deutsches Ärzteblatt International

116

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“…Griep et al 2013;Maier et al 2006) when labelling those individuals that were unemployed for less than 12 months as short-term unemployed. However, some of the subjective complaints load indicators-such as irregular heartbeats and over-perspiration-might require more time to manifest themselves as a consequences of becoming unemployed, whereas psychological well-being indicators might be impacted immediately or in the short-term after becoming unemployed (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In line with the suggestions from the ILO (2000) and previous studies on employment in the field of life sciences (e.g. Maier et al 2006) and social sciences (e.g. Griep et al 2013), we chose a cut-off value of 12 months for long-term unemployment.…”

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The effects of unemployment and perceived job insecurity: a comparison of their association with psychological and somatic complaints, self-rated health and life satisfaction

Griep

Kinnunen

Nätti

et al. 2015

Int Arch Occup Environ Health

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Results Covariance analyses adjusted for background variables support findings from earlier studies that long-term unemployment and perceived job insecurity are detrimental: short-term unemployed and secure permanent employees experienced fewer psychological complaints and lower subjective complaints load, reported a higher self-rated health, and were more satisfied with their life compared to long-term unemployed and insecure permanent employees. Second, whereas unemployment was found to be more detrimental than insecure employment in terms of life satisfaction, insecure employment was found to be more detrimental than unemployment in terms of psychological complaints. No differences were found regarding subjective complaints load and self-rated health. Conclusions Our findings suggest that (1) insecure employment relates to more psychological complaints than short-term unemployment and secure permanent employment, (2) insecure employment and long-term unemployment relate to more subjective complaints load and poorer health when compared to secure permanent employment, and (3) insecure employment relates to higher life satisfaction than both short-and long-term unemployment.Keywords Unemployment · Job insecurity · Psychological complaints · Subjective complaints load · Life satisfaction · Self-rated health IntroductionOver the last 20 years, globalization along with the economic recession has put considerable strain on the labour market. Therefore, organizations have been forced to cutback costs, resulting in job loss and increased perceptions of job insecurity among workers (Daly et al. 2013; AbstractPurpose Research has provided convincing evidence for the adverse effects of both short-and long-term unemployment, and perceived job insecurity on individuals' health and well-being. This study aims to go one critical step further by comparing the association between short-and longterm unemployment, and perceived job insecurity with a diverse set of health and well-being indicators. Methods We compare four groups: (1) secure permanent employees (N = 2257), (2) insecure permanent employees (N = 713), (3) short-term unemployed (N = 662), and (4) long-term unemployed (N = 345) using cross-sectional data from the nationally representative Living Conditions Survey in Finland. 2000, 2011). These phenomena, in turn, have raised concerns about their potential impact on employees' health and well-being. Unemployment typically refers to individuals between the age of 16 and 64 who do not have a paid job or are not self-employed during a specific reference period even though they are physically and psychologically available for work and actively seeking employment (International Labour Organization, ILO 2000). There is convincing evidence from diverse fields such as life sciences (e.g. medicine) and social sciences (e.g. psychology) that unemployment has adverse effects that go beyond effects associated with income loss (for a review see Frey 2008; McKee-Ryan et al. 2005). First, unemployment negatively impacts physical h...

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“…Unemployment has been shown to affect negatively physical working capacity [6] and to increase risk of longterm sickness absence [7]. It has also been suggested that unemployment causes psychological disturbance [8][9][10], minor psychiatric morbidity [11], and depression [12,13].…”

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Relationship between unemployment and health among health care professionals: Health selection or health effect?

Heponiemi¹,

Elovainio²,

Manderbacka³

et al. 2007

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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Effects of short- and long-term unemployment on physical work capacity and on serum cortisol

Abstract: Unemployment has a negative effect on physical working capacity and mental health, depending on the duration of unemployment. Factors that facilitate or impede physical and mental health during unemployment should be identified in future studies.

Cited by 57 publications

References 21 publications

Health in the Long-Term Unemployed

Health in the Long-Term Unemployed

The effects of unemployment and perceived job insecurity: a comparison of their association with psychological and somatic complaints, self-rated health and life satisfaction

Relationship between unemployment and health among health care professionals: Health selection or health effect?

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