Psychological aspects of employment and unemployment

Warr, Peter

doi:10.1017/s0033291700043221

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“…This has been commented on by other writers (Warr 1982;Jahoda and Rush 1980). In the present study, the mental stimulation provided by work was often starkly contrasted with the problems of unemployment:…”

Section: Recognition Of the Health Effects Of Workmentioning

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A question of balance: health behaviour and work context among male Glaswegians

Mullen¹

1992

Sociology Health & Illness

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Discussion of the persistence of social class inequalities in health has led to greater interest being paid to differences between the classes in lay health beliefs. Recent work on lay health beliefs, however, has mainly viewed social class as a proxy for wider aspects of lifestyle and paid less attention to its occupational component. Part of this can be explained by its predominant focus on the health beliefs of women. This paper remedies this imbalance by focusing on male Glaswegians' perceptions of the health effects of their occupations. It shows that not only were respondents very aware of the influence their jobs had on their health but that they also took action to redress the balance, either by compensating for such effects or controlling their work environment to minimise their influence. Respondents' degree of commitment to their work also had a direct bearing on their coping styles. Although traditional occupational class measures were found to obscure much of how occupation influences health, unskilled and semi-skilled workers did suffer the greatest limitations in coping with the health effects of work.

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Section: Recognition Of the Health Effects Of Workmentioning

confidence: 63%

A question of balance: health behaviour and work context among male Glaswegians

Mullen¹

1992

Sociology Health & Illness

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“…Ainda que muitos estudos sobre o desemprego tenham se preocupado em analisar as consequências psicológicas do desemprego sobre o bem-estar psicológico (Alvaro-Estramiana, 1992; Argolo & Araújo, 2004;Borges & Argolo, 2002;García-Rodríguez, 1993;Garrido, 1996;Jahoda, 1979;Warr, 1982), pesquisas realizadas nas décadas de 1980 e 1990 começam a preocupar-se por relacionar explicações do desemprego com diversas variáveis: estados afetivos depressivos (Feather & Davenport, 1981), autoestima e lócus de controle (Hesketh, 1984), projeções futuras de situações de desemprego (Schaufeli, 1988), conseqüências psicológicas e comportamentais da perda do emprego (Prussia, Kinicki, & Bracker, 1993) e atitudes e comportamentos de jovens na busca de trabalho (Furnham, 1984;Furnham & Rawles, 1996).…”

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Atribuições de causas ao desemprego e valores pessoais

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Estramiana

Luna

et al. 2010

Estud. psicol. (Natal)

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ResumoO artigo explorou a associação entre atribuições de causas ao desemprego e valores pessoais. Participaram do estudo 205 pessoas empregadas e desempregadas. Utilizou-se uma escala de atribuição sobre as causas do desemprego baseada em Furnham (1982) AbstractAttributions of causes for unemployment and personal values. This article explored the association between explanations of unemployment and values. 205 people -employed and unemployed -were part of the study. Furnham´s attribution scale on unemployment (1982) and a short version of Schwartz´s. Portrait Value Questionnaire (PVQ 21) included in the European Social Survey (ESS), together with a social and demographic questionnaire were used. The conclusion was that employed and unemployed showed no differences in the attribution of causes for unemployment. In relation to values, unemployed showed differences in universalism and benevolence, linked to the domain of self-trascendence, whereas employed individuals had a greater attach to security values, linked to the domain of conservation. Finally, it was found a significant association between fatalistic attributions and security and tradition values, between tradition and social attributions and between stimulation and individualistic reasons for unemployment.

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“…Even in prosperous economies, employees face the threat of job insecurity and job loss as businesses consoli dates. Research suggests that job loss causes emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and physi ological changes [1][2][3][4]. However, little re search exists that prospectively looks at the interdependency between these factors and job loss and job insecurity while controlling for seasonal and other changes.…”

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Neuroendocrine and Immunologic Effects of Unemployment and Job Insecurity

Arnetz

Brenner

Levi

et al. 1991

Psychother Psychosom

117

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We prospectively followed a cohort of 354 blue-collar men and women, some of whom lost their jobs. Results show marked effects during the anticipatory and early unemployement phase on mental well-being, serum cortisol, prolactin, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and phytohemagglutinin reactivity of lymphocytes. Most of these changes appear to be of short-term duration. However, changes in cardiovascular risk factors are observed at least 2 years following the loss of one’s job. Coping style appears to be a major determinant whether or not and how people will react to unemployment.

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Psychological aspects of employment and unemployment

Cited by 69 publications

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A question of balance: health behaviour and work context among male Glaswegians

A question of balance: health behaviour and work context among male Glaswegians

Atribuições de causas ao desemprego e valores pessoais

Neuroendocrine and Immunologic Effects of Unemployment and Job Insecurity

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