Ytterdahl T
Seksjon for sosialmedisin, Universitetet i Oslo.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1997 Feb 28;117(6):819-22.
Unemployment threatens the economic welfare of the family. It can affect self-respect and social status and remove the supportive network of the workplace. This cross-sectional survey from 1993-94 in a Norwegian community with 8,500 inhabitants describes emotional reactions to loss of job and the effects of unemployment on the lives of 148 long-term unemployed in Lillesand. A large majority were not mentally prepared for losing their job. Most reacted with defensive feelings, and a quarter experienced negative reactions from their social circle to their losing their job. Even if new extra leisure time was used for more social contact with friends and family, and more exercise and outdoor activity, satisfaction with life was reduced by being out of work. Women and the older unemployed seemed to adapt better to the new situation. The coping mechanisms of young men seemed much more limited.
失业威胁着家庭的经济福祉。它会影响自尊和社会地位，还会消除工作场所的支持网络。这项于1993年至1994年在挪威一个有8500名居民的社区进行的横断面调查，描述了对失业的情绪反应以及失业对利勒桑德148名长期失业者生活的影响。绝大多数人对失去工作没有心理准备。大多数人的反应是防御性情绪，四分之一的人经历了社交圈对他们失业的负面反应。即使新增加的休闲时间用于与朋友和家人进行更多社交、更多锻炼和户外活动，但失业仍会降低生活满意度。女性和年长的失业者似乎更能适应新情况。年轻男性的应对机制似乎更为有限。
