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The role of income, life‐style deprivation and financial strain in mediating the impact of unemployment on psychological distress: Evidence from the Republic of Ireland
Author(s) -
Whelan Christopher T.
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.tb00509.x
Subject(s) - unemployment , psychology , distress , psychological distress , financial distress , social psychology , demographic economics , mental health , clinical psychology , economics , psychiatry , economic growth , financial system
Despite much research on the relationship between unemployment and mental health, consideration of the relationship between economic and psychological problems remains remarkedly rare. Available evidence suggests that income affects psychological well‐being indirectly via subjectively appraised financial strain. This paper presents an analysis of the relationships between measures of household income and resources, subjectively appraised financial strain and psychological distress drawing on a nationally representative sample of 3294 households in the Republic of Ireland. Our analysis demonstrates that objectively assessed exclusion from customary lifestyles, involving deprivation of socially defined necessities, is associated with increased psychological distress.