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Psychological health and employment status in an island community
Author(s) -
Harding Leonora,
Sewel John
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1992.tb00504.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychological health , population , context (archaeology) , rural population , social environment , psychological well being , demography , gerontology , social psychology , geography , sociology , clinical psychology , medicine , social science , archaeology
This study focuses on the relationship between psychological health and employment status in a rural island community. Comparisons are made between different groups within and between the island population and more urban populations reported in other studies. Within the island differences are reported between men and women. For men psychological health varied, especially between the employed and the unemployed. For women no such comparable differences emerged. Although the differences that were found in the island population were of the same kind as reported from urban populations, they were very much less pronounced. It is argued that the relationship between psychological health and employment status can be modified by and is better understood through reference to the local social and community context.