Yannick Griep1, Ulla Kinnunen2, Jouko Nätti3, Nele De Cuyper4, Saija Mauno2,5, Anne Mäkikangas5, Hans De Witte4,6. 1. Work and Organizational Psychology (WOPs), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium. yannick.griep@vub.ac.be. 2. School of Social Sciences and Humanities (Psychology), University of Tampere, Kalevantie 4, 33014, Tampere, Finland. 3. School of Social Sciences and Humanities (Social Policy), University of Tampere, Kalevantie 4, 33014, Tampere, Finland. 4. Research Group Work, Organisational and Personnel Psychology, KU Leuven, Dekenstraat 2 (pb 3725), 3000, Louvain, Belgium. 5. Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Ylistönmäentie 33, 40014, Jyväskylä, Finland. 6. Optentia Research Programme, North-West University, Hendrick Van Eck Boulevard 1174, Vanderbijlpark, 1900, South Africa.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Research has provided convincing evidence for the adverse effects of both short- and long-term unemployment, and perceived job insecurity on individuals' health and well-being. This study aims to go one critical step further by comparing the association between short- and long-term unemployment, and perceived job insecurity with a diverse set of health and well-being indicators. METHODS: We compare four groups: (1) secure permanent employees (N = 2257), (2) insecure permanent employees (N = 713), (3) short-term unemployed (N = 662), and (4) long-term unemployed (N = 345) using cross-sectional data from the nationally representative Living Conditions Survey in Finland. RESULTS: Covariance analyses adjusted for background variables support findings from earlier studies that long-term unemployment and perceived job insecurity are detrimental: short-term unemployed and secure permanent employees experienced fewer psychological complaints and lower subjective complaints load, reported a higher self-rated health, and were more satisfied with their life compared to long-term unemployed and insecure permanent employees. Second, whereas unemployment was found to be more detrimental than insecure employment in terms of life satisfaction, insecure employment was found to be more detrimental than unemployment in terms of psychological complaints. No differences were found regarding subjective complaints load and self-rated health. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that (1) insecure employment relates to more psychological complaints than short-term unemployment and secure permanent employment, (2) insecure employment and long-term unemployment relate to more subjective complaints load and poorer health when compared to secure permanent employment, and (3) insecure employment relates to higher life satisfaction than both short- and long-term unemployment.
PURPOSE: Research has provided convincing evidence for the adverse effects of both short- and long-term unemployment, and perceived job insecurity on individuals' health and well-being. This study aims to go one critical step further by comparing the association between short- and long-term unemployment, and perceived job insecurity with a diverse set of health and well-being indicators. METHODS: We compare four groups: (1) secure permanent employees (N = 2257), (2) insecure permanent employees (N = 713), (3) short-term unemployed (N = 662), and (4) long-term unemployed (N = 345) using cross-sectional data from the nationally representative Living Conditions Survey in Finland. RESULTS: Covariance analyses adjusted for background variables support findings from earlier studies that long-term unemployment and perceived job insecurity are detrimental: short-term unemployed and secure permanent employees experienced fewer psychological complaints and lower subjective complaints load, reported a higher self-rated health, and were more satisfied with their life compared to long-term unemployed and insecure permanent employees. Second, whereas unemployment was found to be more detrimental than insecure employment in terms of life satisfaction, insecure employment was found to be more detrimental than unemployment in terms of psychological complaints. No differences were found regarding subjective complaints load and self-rated health. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that (1) insecure employment relates to more psychological complaints than short-term unemployment and secure permanent employment, (2) insecure employment and long-term unemployment relate to more subjective complaints load and poorer health when compared to secure permanent employment, and (3) insecure employment relates to higher life satisfaction than both short- and long-term unemployment.
Authors: Katharina Klug; Claudia Bernhard-Oettel; Anne Mäkikangas; Ulla Kinnunen; Magnus Sverke Journal: Int Arch Occup Environ Health Date: 2019-04-15 Impact factor: 3.015
Authors: Seithikurippu R Pandi-Perumal; Sophie R Vaccarino; Vijay Kumar Chattu; Nevin F W Zaki; Ahmed S BaHammam; Dilshad Manzar; G J M Maestroni; Deborah Suchecki; Adam Moscovitch; Ferdinand Zizi; Girardin Jean-Louis; Meera Narasimhan; Chellamuthu Ramasubramanian; Ilya Trakht; Mary V Seeman; John M Shneerson; Michael Maes; Russel J Reiter; Sidney H Kennedy Journal: Pathog Glob Health Date: 2021-05-30 Impact factor: 3.735