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Effects of (un)employment on young couples’ health and life satisfaction
Marja-lena HaidInge Seiffge-krenkesubject
AdultEmploymentMalePartner effectsmedia_common.quotation_subjectPilot ProjectsPersonal SatisfactionPessimismStress levelYoung AdultInterpersonal relationshipSex FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesHumansInterpersonal RelationsYoung adultSpousesNegativismApplied Psychologymedia_commonPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthLife satisfactionGeneral MedicineGeneral ChemistryUnemploymentGeneral partnershipUnemploymentFemalePsychologyStress PsychologicalClinical psychologydescription
This study investigated effects of employed and unemployed job status on health outcomes with questionnaires in 50 young couples. Analysis of variance revealed higher pessimism, higher stress levels, and lower life satisfaction in couples in which one partner was unemployed. These couples also exhibited more health risk behaviours compared to couples in which both partners were working. The dyadic analysis of data, using an actor-partner interdependence model, demonstrated strong actor and partner effects for male partner's job status. Being unemployed was significantly associated not only with male partner's life satisfaction but also with the life satisfaction of his female partner. In addition, male partner's pessimism was identified as a significant variable which mediates between male partner's job status and female partner's life satisfaction. The study highlights the relevance of the accomplishment of tasks in the domains of work and partnership during young adulthood and it emphasises the gender specific importance.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-09-12 | Psychology & Health |