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Arbetslöshetens olika ansikten: fyra studier om arbetslöshetens sociala och hälsomässiga yttringar
In: Skriftserien 2002,2
Enhancing credibility: A qualitative study of being on sick leave with a stress-related psychiatric diagnosis
In: Nordic journal of Social Research: NJSR, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 181-200
ISSN: 1892-2783
Unemployment and mental health among white‐collar workers – a question of work involvement and financial situation?
In: International journal of social welfare, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 31-41
ISSN: 1468-2397
We examine whether it is a psychosocial or an economic need for employment that affects mental health among the unemployed. The relevance of both aspects are examined, concentrating on two measures of each dimension. Two perspectives of work involvement – the degree of connection to working life and the perceived employment commitment – and two perspectives on financial situation – economic security and perceived economic concern – have been analysed, using empirical data collected by means of a cross‐sectional survey of 1297 unemployed white‐collar workers from the public sector in Sweden. The degree of connection to working life was not significantly linked to the mental health of the unemployed, although there was a strong link between the perceived employment commitment and mental health among this group. The stronger the perceived employment commitment, the poorer the state of the person's mental health. Perceived economic concern was also tightly linked to mental health: the greater the economic concern, the poorer the mental health. Economic security also played – at least, partly – a moderate but significant role. The results provide strong support for the existence of both a psychosocial need and an economic need for employment. The analysis demonstrates that it is the perceived assessed measures of work involvement and financial situation that are linked to mental health.
Inequality confirmed: institutional exclusion in theinteraction between job-centre advisors and unemployed young people
In: Nordic journal of Social Research: NJSR, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 119-133
ISSN: 1892-2783
Exit Double Trouble: A Narrative Approach to the Recovery Process from Addiction and Abuse
In: Social work & society: SW&S, Band 13, Heft 2, S. 17
ISSN: 1613-8953
Sense of coherence during unemployment
In: International journal of social welfare, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 107-116
ISSN: 1468-2397
The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between different forms of hardship during unemployment and the sense of coherence (SOC). These hardships were considered in the framework of the finances–shame model, which has been developed to help provide a greater understanding of why unemployment is so painful to some whilst others are hardly affected by it. The hypothesis in this study was that the greater the financial hardships during unemployment and the more a person has been subjected to shaming by others because they are unemployed, the lower his or her SOC will be, and vice versa. The empirical data were collected by means of a cross‐sectional survey of 1,249 unemployed people in a region in southern Sweden who at the time of the survey were engaged in some form of labour‐market training or workfare programme. The dropout rate was 23%. The results from the study lent strong support to the finances–shame model. Among those who were exposed to a greater degree of financial hardship and also had more shaming experiences, the mean SOC score was 42.14 for women and 42.41 for men. The corresponding figures for those facing a lesser degree of financial hardship and with fewer shaming experiences were 67.10 and 66.66 respectively, i.e. figures which are on a par with or somewhat higher than for population studies covering the whole population.