Hall E M, Johnson J V
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Soc Sci Med. 1988;27(12):1349-55. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(88)90200-6.
Two groups of Swedish women--51 employed and 96 unemployed--were compared in terms of their scores on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). It was hypothesized that unemployed women would be more depressed than their employed counterparts and further that the distress of unemployment would be reflected in elevations in cortisol values among those who were out of work. It was found, even when controlling for social support, stressful life events and marital status, that depression as seen in the BDI scores, was greater in the unemployed group. However, no relationship was observed between either cortisol and employment status or cortisol and depression.
对两组瑞典女性进行了比较，一组51名就业女性，另一组96名失业女性，比较她们在贝克抑郁量表（BDI）上的得分。研究假设是，失业女性会比就业女性更抑郁，而且进一步假设，失业带来的痛苦会反映在失业者皮质醇值升高上。研究发现，即使在控制了社会支持、压力性生活事件和婚姻状况之后，BDI得分所显示的抑郁程度在失业组中更高。然而，未观察到皮质醇与就业状况之间或皮质醇与抑郁之间存在关联。
