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| Author: | Waters, L. E. Moore, K. A. |
| Title: | Self-esteem, appraisal and coping: a comparison of unemployed and re-employed people |
| Journal: | Journal of Organizational Behavior
2002 : AUG, VOL. 23:5, p. 593-604 |
| Index terms: | Individual behaviour Unemployment Psychology Employees Unemployment |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The negative effects of unemployment on psychological health are well documented, yet Kasl's (Psychological Medicine 1982 p. 637-649) reverse causation hypothesis is that positive psychological health, and in particular self-esteem, facilitates re-employment. The aim of this study was to investigate this proposal by assessing levels of self-esteem, cognitive appraisals and coping efforts among unemployed persons and relating these factors to their employment status six months later. Comparison of baseline appraisals revealed that future re-employed participants rated their latent deprivation lower and their internal locus of control higher than those continuously unemployed, and they also derived more internal meaning from leisure activities. |
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