Department of Sociology, Umeå University, Sweden.
Sociol Health Illn. 2013 Jun;35(5):649-65. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01517.x. Epub 2012 Sep 26.
Existing research suggests that gender differences in the effect of unemployment on mental health are related to the different positions and roles that are available for men and women in society and the family; roles that are connected with their different psychosocial and economic need for employment. The aim of this article is to analyse the role of gender in the relationship between unemployment and mental wellbeing in Sweden, representing a gender regime with a similar need for employment among women and men, and Ireland, representing a gender regime in which the need for employment differs between women and men. The results, based on longitudinal data from the two countries, show that unemployment was more negatively related to mental health among men than among women in Ireland, while men and women were equally affected by unemployment in Sweden. Factors related to the family and economic situation, as well as gendered selection into the unemployment population, explains the difference in mental health between unemployed men and women in Ireland. The overall conclusion is that the context has a major influence on the relationship between unemployment, gender and mental health.
现有研究表明，失业对心理健康的影响存在性别差异，这与社会和家庭中男女可获得的不同职位和角色有关；这些角色与他们在就业方面的不同心理社会和经济需求有关。本文旨在分析性别在瑞典和爱尔兰这两个国家失业与心理健康之间关系中的作用，瑞典代表着一种性别模式，其中女性和男性对就业的需求相似，而爱尔兰则代表着一种性别模式，其中女性和男性的就业需求存在差异。基于这两个国家的纵向数据得出的结果表明，在爱尔兰，失业对男性心理健康的负面影响大于女性，而在瑞典，失业对男性和女性心理健康的影响是相同的。与家庭和经济状况有关的因素，以及性别因素对失业人群的选择，解释了爱尔兰失业男性和女性心理健康状况的差异。总体结论是，背景对失业、性别和心理健康之间的关系有重大影响。
