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Job loss vs. failure to find work as psychological stressors in the young unemployed
Author(s) -
Winefield Anthony H.,
Tiggemann Marika
Publication year - 1989
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.2044-8325.1989.tb00479.x
Subject(s) - stressor , job loss , psychology , unemployment , work (physics) , longitudinal study , demographic economics , social psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , economics , economic growth , mechanical engineering , pathology , engineering
Longitudinal observations are reported on three samples of unemployed school‐leavers who were followed up after one, two and three years respectively following an initial survey taken while they were still at school. In each case interest focused on possible differences between those who had been continuously unemployed since leaving school and those who had become unemployed following job loss. The two unemployed groups did not differ consistently on any of the psychological measures; moreover, in general there was no evidence of an overall decline in psychological well‐being. It is concluded that job loss, as opposed to failure to find a job, is not in itself a traumatic experience for the young person.

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