| Document ID (ISN) | 74492 |
| CIS number |
00-584 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0267-8373 - Work and Stress |
| Year |
1999 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Hanse J.J., Engström T. |
| Title |
Sense of coherence and ill health among the unemployed and re-employed after closure of an assembly plant |
| Bibliographic information |
July-Sep. 1999, Vol.13, No.3, p.204-222. Illus. 56 ref. |
| Abstract |
Sense of coherence (SOC) is a dispositional orientation of perceiving and controlling the environment for meaningful and appropriate action. Subjects of this cross-sectional study were 344 former employees of an assembly plant closed down two years earlier, of whom 92 were still unemployed at the time of the study. Ill-health symptoms and poor SOC were significantly more frequent among those still unemployed, but in the presence of a strong SOC being unemployed had a rather low impact on health symptoms. SOC appeared to have a greater impact on psychological symptoms among unemployed as compared to re-employed workers. A high education level and white-collar work were related to strong SOC. Re-employed workers reported a significantly stronger SOC. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
health impairment; unemployment; psychological effects; stress factors |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
questionnaire survey; cross-sectional study; social aspects; statistical evaluation; white-collar workers; qualifications |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Sweden |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Mental health
Unemployment
Mental stress and burnout
|
