Lai J C, Chan R K, Luk C L
Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Psychol Rep. 1997 Oct;81(2):499-505. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1997.81.2.499.
The impact of unemployment on psychological health, indexed by the General Health Questionnaire, was studied in 86 unemployed and 79 employed Chinese women in Hong Kong. As with findings reported in the West, the present results showed that the unemployed participants were more disturbed than their steadily employed peers. In addition, the prevalence rate of disturbance (54%) observed in the present sample of unemployed women is comparatively higher than those of Western samples reported previously. Implications of these preliminary findings for research on psychological aspects of unemployment among Hong Kong Chinese were discussed.
通过一般健康问卷来衡量，研究了香港86名失业中国女性和79名在职中国女性中失业对心理健康的影响。与西方报道的研究结果一样，目前的结果表明，失业参与者比稳定就业的同龄人更易焦虑不安。此外，在目前的失业女性样本中观察到的焦虑患病率（54%）相对高于之前报道的西方样本。讨论了这些初步研究结果对香港华人失业心理方面研究的意义。
