Prolonged unemployment is associated with control loss and personal as well as social disengagement.
J Pers
; 2024 Aug 02.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND:
The need for control is a fundamental human motivation, that when deprived can lead to broad and substantial changes in human behavior. We aimed to assess the consequences of control deprivation in a real-life situation that poses a severe threat to personal control a prolonged unemployment.METHOD:
Using a sample N = 1055 of unemployed (n = 748) versus working (n = 307) individuals, we examined predictions derived from two models of reactions to control deprivation control-regaining and disengagement/withdrawal. RESULTS ANDCONCLUSIONS:
We found that length unemployment is correlated with a psychological state strongly interfering with psychological as well as social functioning. While control-regaining models of responding to lack of control have received virtually no support from our findings, our results provide evidence that long-term unemployed individuals are more disengaged than working individuals. They are more apathetic, less likely to engage in control-regaining efforts and in active forms of construing one's own future.
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J Pers
Año:
2024
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Polonia
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Estados Unidos