Unemployment and Health in Sweden
Public Issues and Private Troubles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10224014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sten‐olof Brenner (Karolinska Institutet, corresponding author), Bengt Starrin (County Administrative Board) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 125-140 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1988.tb02095.x |
| OpenAlex | W2154118722 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 16 |
The unemployment rate for a country seems to reflect unemployment policies rather than economic conditions. Variations in employment rates for selected Western countries are presented as a background for a discussion of unemployment and its individual and societal consequences in Sweden. Unemployment is both a private trouble—where individuals see the possibility of controlling their own lives diminishing, which leads to increased risk for psychological and physiological stress—and a public issue, for increased unemployment is associated with societal vulnerability, social polarization, and the breakdown of community ties, which lead to increased societal stress and increased mortality on the national and the community levels. However, for the large majority of workers, the Swedish welfare system buffers first against unemployment, and second against its negative economic effects. Less than 2% of the workforce are exposed to unemployment, and a minority of the unemployed seem negatively affected by the unemployment experience. An empirical longitudinal study of unemployed blue‐collar workers and two employed control groups indicated that a coping orientation involving an attitude of mastery or perceived control buffered against psychological and physiological stress reactions
Coping (psychology · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Polarization (electrochemistry · Unemployment · Vulnerability (computing · Wage · Welfare · Workforce · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Employment and Welfare Studies · Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being
Psychological and Physical Well-Being During Unemployment
Health Effects of Involuntary Job Loss Among Older Workers
The Persistence of Depressive Symptoms in Older Workers Who Experience Involuntary Job Loss
Unemployment and Psychological Distress among Young People during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Relationships between County Health Rankings and child overweight and obesity prevalence
Self‐esteem, appraisal and coping
Race, gender, and the response to stress
Attributions for Job Termination and Psychological Distress
Individual Responses to Job Loss
Unemployment and Subjective Well-being
Age and the operationalization of social support
Relevance of Competency-based Education to Work with Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
Stress, appraisal, and coping
Immune function in unemployed women
Blood Pressure Changes in Men Undergoing Job Loss
Regional variations in cardiovascular mortality in Sweden—Structural vulnerability in the local community
Prolonged unemployment and depression in older workers
Long-term unemployment among women in Sweden
Depression in unemployed Swedish women
The psychological effects of unemployment
Paid employment and women's psychological well-being
The Stress Process
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2020 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |