Employment transitions and mental health: an analysis from the British household panel survey

C Thomas, M Benzeval, SA Stansfeld - Journal of Epidemiology & …, 2005 - jech.bmj.com
Study objective: To describe the impact of changes between employment and various forms
of non-employment, and vice versa, on the psychological wellbeing of men and of women …

Psychological distress after employment transitions: the role of subjective financial position as a mediator

C Thomas, M Benzeval, S Stansfeld - Journal of Epidemiology & …, 2007 - jech.bmj.com
Objective: To explore the extent to which the mental health effects of transitions into
unemployment, or other forms of non-employment, and vice versa, are mediated by financial …

Factors influencing the impact of unemployment on mental health among young and older adults in a longitudinal, population-based survey

FC Breslin, C Mustard - Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health, 2003 - JSTOR
Objectives This study examined the relationship between unemployment and mental health.
It particularly emphasized the potential differences in mental health status between younger …

Unemployment and mental health—who is (not) affected?

MC Backhans, T Hemmingsson - The European Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background: The aim of this study is first, to investigate the association between periods of
unemployment and mental distress, adjusting for previous health status, and second, to …

Unemployment and mental health scarring during the life course

M Strandh, A Winefield, K Nilsson… - … European Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background: There has been little research on the long-term relationship between
unemployment experiences and mental health over the life course. This article investigates …

Poor mental health influences risk and duration of unemployment: a prospective study

P Butterworth, LS Leach, J Pirkis, M Kelaher - Social psychiatry and …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose The current paper aims to investigate the role of mental health in determining future
employment status. Much of the previous longitudinal and prospective research has focused …

Do labour market status transitions predict changes in psychological well-being?

E Flint, M Bartley, N Shelton, A Sacker - J Epidemiol Community …, 2013 - jech.bmj.com
Background The objective of this study was to establish the direction of causality in the
relationship between labour market status and psychological well-being by investigating …

Health consequences of employment and unemployment: longitudinal evidence for young men and women

B Graetz - Social science & medicine, 1993 - Elsevier
This study examines the impact of employment and unemployment on psychological health
and well-being, as measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). Using …

Employment as a social determinant of health: A review of longitudinal studies exploring the relationship between employment status and mental health.

KC Hergenrather, RJ Zeglin… - … Research, Policy & …, 2015 - search.ebscohost.com
Purpose: To explore employment as a social determinant of health through examining the
relationship between employment status and mental health. Method: The authors conducted …

Unemployment and mental health: evidence from research in the Nordic countries

A Björklund, T Eriksson - Scandinavian Journal of Social …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
In this article we examine research on effects of unemployment on mental health in
Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. We describe studies that use crosssectional …