Impact of unemployment on happiness in the United States

Sameem, Sediq; Buryi, Pavlo

doi:10.1080/13504851.2018.1529390

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“…Thus, to both groups (unemployed and in layoff), social media and communication platforms might represent a way to make up for the diminished social interaction caused by not being included in the workforce, which may justify the negative correlation with anxiety and stress. It is also important to consider that unemployment seems to be related to unhappiness [ 74 ]. In line with this, we show that the participants that were not working presented low flourishing, which, in turn, was associated with high anxiety and stress, as previously demonstrated [ 75 ].…”

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Telework and Mental Health during COVID-19

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COVID-19 has come to change societal organization. Due to lockdowns, work typologies have been rethought and telework has gained strength. However, the impact of the constant use of information and communication technologies on the mental health of workers needs to be considered. We aimed to investigate the impact of different work conditions on mental health, to which end we disseminated an online questionnaire during lockdowns to assess imagined surveillance, mobile maintenance expectation, communication overload, feelings of entrapment, depression, anxiety, stress, and flourishing in four groups (employed in telework, employed on-site, employed in layoff, and unemployed). We computed mean comparisons and serial mediations. We show that depression and anxiety were more prevalent in women; parents flourished more than people without children; and people with a higher level of education feel more entrapment. Crucially, we show that telework was associated with imagined surveillance and communication overload, which mediated the association with mobile maintenance expectations and entrapment (which was exacerbated by parenthood), impacting mental health and the quality of life. However, this was also partially observed in the remaining work conditions. Finally, flourishing worked as a protector against mental health issues in all work conditions. We discuss this given the massification of digital migration.

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“…Employment contributes to happiness and well-being. [8][9][10][11][12][13] Evaluating the impact of cancer diagnosis and treatment on the long-term employment prospects of cancer survivors is important for identifying opportunities to improve survivors' quality of life. We observed that employment status was similar between prostate cancer patients and matched males.…”

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“…6,7 Correlational and quasi-experimental studies show that employment can help patients maintain and improve physical and mental health. 8-13…”

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“…6,7 Correlational and quasiexperimental studies show that employment can help patients maintain and improve physical and mental health. [8][9][10][11][12][13] Cancer-related unemployment is particularly concerning in the case of tumors like prostate, which are mostly detected at an early stage through PSA testing. Short-term loss of employment following the diagnosis of an asymptomatic tumor detected via PSA testing is attributable to treatment and its side effects, not the disease itself.…”

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Employment and Labor Force Participation Among Prostate Cancer Survivors

Howard

Hall

2023

Urology Practice

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Introduction: Diagnosis and treatment of cancer may impair patients' ability to continue to work. We assessed the impact of a prior prostate cancer diagnosis on employment and labor force participation.Methods: Using the National Health Interview Surveys for 2010 to 2018, we identified sample adults previously diagnosed with prostate cancer aged <65 years (prostate cancer survivors) who were currently or previously employed. We matched each prostate survivor to comparison sample adults based on age, race/ethnicity, education level, and survey year. We compared employmentrelated outcomes between prostate cancer survivors and comparison males, overall and as a function of time since diagnosis, and other respondent characteristics. Results:The final sample had 571 prostate cancer survivors and 2,849 matched comparison males. The proportions of survivors and comparison males who were employed (ie, worked for pay in the week prior to the survey) were similar (60.4% and 60.6%; adjusted difference 0.6 [95% CI: À5.2 to 6.3]), as were labor force participation rates (67.3% vs 67.3%; adjusted difference 0.7 [95% CI: À4.7 to 6.1]). Survivors were slightly more likely to be not working due to disability (16.7% vs 13.3%; adjusted difference 2.7 [95% CI: À1.2 to 6.5]), though the difference was not significant. Survivors had more bed days than comparison males (8.0 vs 5.7; adjusted difference 2.8 [95% CI: 2.0 to 3.6]) and missed more workdays (7.4 vs 3.3; adjusted difference 4.5 [95% CI: 3.6 to 5.3]). Conclusions: Employment rates were similar between prostate cancer survivors and matched comparison males, though survivors missed work more often.

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