Stigma consciousness among the unemployed and prejudices against them: development of two scales for the 7th wave of the panel study “Labour Market and Social Security (PASS)”

Gurr, Thomas; Jungbauer-Gans, Monika

doi:10.1007/s12651-013-0144-z

“…For our analysis in the context of unemployment, we use data from the panel study "Labour Market and Social Security" (PASS) (Trappmann et al 2013). A new scale was developed and implemented in 2013 to measure stigma consciousness among the unemployed (Gurr and Jungbauer-Gans 2013). We first corroborate that a higher stigma consciousness is associated with lower subjective well-being and lower health satisfaction.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…"; "How satisfied are you today with your health?"). To test Hypothesis 3, 2 The scale was originally designed to derive different distinct factors of stigmatization and distinguish between factors pertaining expectations with respect to other unemployed persons (in-group) and the general population (out-group) and strategies of action (Gurr and Jungbauer-Gans 2013). However, neither the pretest of the study nor the main study of PASS wave 7 confirms these theoretical expectations, though other non-congruent factors (social relations, avoidance of situations, pressure to act, awareness of prejudices) develop.…”

Section: Data and Operationalizationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The social stigma of unemployment: consequences of stigma consciousness on job search attitudes, behaviour and success

Krug

¹

,

Drasch

²

,

Jungbauer-Gans

³

2019

J Labour Market Res

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Studies show that the unemployed face serious disadvantages in the labour market and that the social stigma of unemployment is one explanation. In this paper, we focus on the unemployed's expectations of being stigmatized (stigma consciousness) and the consequences of such negative expectations on job search attitudes and behaviour. Using data from the panel study "Labour Market and Social Security" (PASS), we find that the unemployed with high stigma consciousness suffer from reduced well-being and health. Regarding job search, the stigmatized unemployed are more likely to expect that their chances of re-employment are low, but in contrast, they are more likely to place a high value on becoming re-employed. Instead of becoming discouraged and passive, we find that stigmatized unemployed individuals increase their job search effort compared to other unemployed individuals. However, despite their higher job search effort, the stigma-conscious unemployed do not have better re-employment chances.

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“…Big Five, 14 self-efficacy 15 ) and work-related as well as general attitudes (e.g. life satisfaction, 16 work orientations, 17 awareness of stigma 18 ). These questions were derived (and sometimes slightly adapted) from well-tested instruments of other studies or newly developed and tested multiple times before entering the panel using techniques like cognitive interviewing and field pre-tests with interviewer debriefings (see Table 1).…”

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confidence: 99%

Data Resource Profile: Panel Study Labour Market and Social Security (PASS)

Trappmann

¹

,

Bähr

²

,

Beste

³

et al. 2019

International Journal of Epidemiology

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“…Our operationalization of unemployment stigma relies on a scale that measures stigma consciousness among the unemployed who were part of wave 7 of PASS (Gurr and Jungbauer-Gans 2013). 2 This scale builds upon Goffman's stigma concept and adapts a rather general psychological concept of gender stigmatization for the case of the unemployed (Pinel 1999).…”

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confidence: 99%

The social stigma of unemployment: consequences of stigma consciousness on job search attitudes, behaviour and success

Krug¹,

Drasch²,

Jungbauer-Gans³

2019

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Studies show that the unemployed face serious disadvantages in the labour market and that the social stigma of unemployment is one explanation. In this paper, we focus on the unemployed's expectations of being stigmatized (stigma consciousness) and the consequences of such negative expectations on job search attitudes and behaviour. Using data from the panel study "Labour Market and Social Security" (PASS), we find that the unemployed with high stigma consciousness suffer from reduced well-being and health. Regarding job search, the stigmatized unemployed are more likely to expect that their chances of re-employment are low, but in contrast, they are more likely to place a high value on becoming re-employed. Instead of becoming discouraged and passive, we find that stigmatized unemployed individuals increase their job search effort compared to other unemployed individuals. However, despite their higher job search effort, the stigma-conscious unemployed do not have better re-employment chances. which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.

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Stigma consciousness among the unemployed and prejudices against them: development of two scales for the 7th wave of the panel study “Labour Market and Social Security (PASS)”

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The social stigma of unemployment: consequences of stigma consciousness on job search attitudes, behaviour and success

The social stigma of unemployment: consequences of stigma consciousness on job search attitudes, behaviour and success

Data Resource Profile: Panel Study Labour Market and Social Security (PASS)

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