University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2010 Jan;65B(1):81-90. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbp100. Epub 2009 Nov 24.
We estimated associations between job insecurity and change over time in the physical and psychological health of older adult men and women.
We conducted secondary analyses of longitudinal data from men and women (N = 190) born between 1935 and 1952 in the Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study. We used multivariate regression techniques to test the association of job insecurity with changes in physical health (self-reported global health, resting blood pressure, and urinary catecholamines [epinephrine]) and psychological health (depressive symptoms, hostility, loneliness, and personal stress). We controlled for individual characteristics and baseline measures of the outcomes.
Men who experience job insecurity rate themselves in significantly poorer physical health and have higher blood pressure and higher levels of urinary catecholamines compared with men who do not experience job insecurity and women who do. Women who experience job insecurity show higher depressive symptoms and report more hostility, loneliness, and personal stress compared with women who do not experience job insecurity and men who do.
The correlation between job insecurity and health is different in men and women but may be clinically significant in both populations and is a potentially important threat to older adults' health and well-being.
我们评估了工作不安全感与老年男性和女性身心健康随时间变化之间的关联。
我们对 1935 年至 1952 年间出生于芝加哥健康、衰老和社会关系研究的男性和女性（N=190）的纵向数据进行了二次分析。我们使用多元回归技术来检验工作不安全感与身体健康变化（自我报告的整体健康、静息血压和尿儿茶酚胺[肾上腺素]）和心理健康变化（抑郁症状、敌意、孤独感和个人压力）之间的关联。我们控制了个体特征和结果的基线测量值。
与没有工作不安全感的男性和女性相比，经历工作不安全感的男性自我报告的身体健康状况明显较差，血压较高，尿儿茶酚胺水平较高。与没有工作不安全感的女性和男性相比，经历工作不安全感的女性表现出更高的抑郁症状，报告更多的敌意、孤独感和个人压力。
工作不安全感与健康之间的相关性在男性和女性中不同，但在两个群体中可能都具有临床意义，并且是对老年人健康和幸福的潜在重要威胁。
