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Economic Reform in the Czech Republic: Economic Strain, Depression, Hostility, and the Difference Gender Makes *
Author(s) -
Lee Gang,
Hraba Joseph,
Lorenz Frederick,
Pechacova Zdenka
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1994.tb01092.x
Subject(s) - czech , hostility , context (archaeology) , face (sociological concept) , depression (economics) , strain (injury) , social environment , psychology , social psychology , demographic economics , sociology , economics , medicine , geography , social science , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , macroeconomics
The Czech Republic is changing rapidly and its current economic transformation is a strain on Czech families. In this study, the connection between economic strain and individual well‐being is investigated via mailed questionnaires from 234 households in the Czech Republic. For Czech women, depression rises more with economic strain than does hostility, while Czech men become more hostile than depressed in the face of economic strain. For women, social support is a buffer between economic strain and hostility, whereas self‐esteem is a buffer for depression. For men, both self‐esteem and social support exacerbate hostility in the context of economic strain.