Naslov
Does employment commitment and social integration in the community influence mental health of unemployed?
(Does employment commitment and social integration in the community influence mental health of unemployed?)

Autori
Caha, Dinka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Make prevention science relevant for all: co- production and impact / - , 2020, 54-55

Skup
11th European Society for Prevention Research conference and members’ meeting (EUSPR 2020)

Mjesto i datum
Online, 07.10.2020. - 10.10.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
unemployed, mental health, employment commitment, social integration

Sažetak
Ever-changing and sensitive economic conditions keep the unemployment rate fluctuating and as such retain research focus on strategies for preserving mental health and building equal employment opportunities. This paper contributes to a significant body of research on relationship between unemployment and mental health while it examines predictors of mental health among unemployed welfare recipients. Specifically, it explores the contribution of employment commitment as a stable intrapersonal trait and integration in the community to the mental health of unemployed. Additionally, it determines whether the relationship between employment commitment and mental health varies depending on sense of integration in the community. This quantitative study was conducted in August 2017. on 212 unemployed welfare recipients as part of a larger evaluation study of workfare intervention in Croatia. A hierarchical multiple regression was conducted to see if integration in the community and employment commitment predicted the level of mental health of unemployed welfare recipients. Using the enter method it was found that both predictors accounted for a significant 35.8% of the variance in mental health (R2 = .36, R2Adjusted = .35, F (2.206) = 57.49, p < .01, ). The analysis shows that employment commitment (Beta = .23, t = 3.52, p < .01) as well as integration in the community (Beta = .56, t = 9.84, p < .01), significantly predicted the level of mental health among unemployed welfare recipients. Employment commitment remained significant predictor after entering integration in the community in the analysis (Beta = .11, t = 2.05, p < .05). Results show that employment commitment and integration in the community are important for preserving mental health and buffering the impact of unemployment. Adding components to evidence-based interventions that ncrease sense of integration in community and work centrality has the potential to preserve mental health during unemployment.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Socijalne djelatnosti

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