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The psychological impact of unemployment: A structural analysis of cross‐sectional data
Author(s) -
BRENNER S.O.,
BARTELL RIVA
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of occupational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0305-8107
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1983.tb00120.x
Subject(s) - unemployment , lisrel , mental health , reciprocal , psychology , virtuous circle and vicious circle , demographic economics , structural equation modeling , social psychology , economics , psychiatry , economic growth , macroeconomics , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics
This study used the LISREL methodology to explore important psychological processes in unemployment. The analysis is based on Hepworth's (1980) correlation data from 77 unemployed men. Results indicate that the extent to which a man perceives his time as being occupied or unoccupied affects his subjective well‐being and mental health. There may be a critical period for adaptation to unemployment, occurring soon after job loss. With the passage of time, a reciprocal process seems to take place, where mental health affects subjective well‐being and the proportion of time occupied/unoccupied. These two reciprocal processes could be indicative of a vicious circle of unemployment, resulting in increased negative effects with time.