Employment, Unemployment, and Response to the General Health Questionnaire

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13652003
AutoresClive Layton (University of London, autor de correspondencia)
Año1986
Volumen58
Número3
Páginas807-810
Fecha de publicación1986-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1986.58.3.807
PMID3726033
OpenAlexW2024191416
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas11

The 60-item General Health Quesitonnaire was given to 101 men facing compulsory redundancy, and again 6 mo. later, to investigate the possible causal link between unemployment and mental ill-health. Those subjects who subsequently reported being jobless showed a significant increase in general, minor, nonpsychotic psychiatric morbidity, and in particular endorsed items forming the derived subfactor Anhedonia. For subjects who reported being reemployed, a significant improvement in general mental health was noted. Change scores between groups were significant on the gross GHQ scale, Anhedonia, and Social dysfunction + loss of confidence

Anhedonia · General Health Questionnaire · Mental health · Psychiatry · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming · Unemployment · Clinical Psychology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Workplace Health and Well-being