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Unemployment Syndrome during COVID-19: A Comparison of Three Population Groups
Introduction: Of the serious problems that characterise the current crisis in Spain, the most alarming and revealing is unemployment, which, despite being so common, continues to be quite a negative experience for most people, often with serious negative effects on their biopsychosocial health. The...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8304307/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34299822 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147372 |
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author | Bocchino, Anna Gilart, Ester Roman, Inmaculada Cabrera Lepiani, Isabel |
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description | Introduction: Of the serious problems that characterise the current crisis in Spain, the most alarming and revealing is unemployment, which, despite being so common, continues to be quite a negative experience for most people, often with serious negative effects on their biopsychosocial health. The perpetuation of this situation has given rise to a new syndrome of the unemployed. If these effects of economic downsizing are accompanied by the magnitude of the current situation brought about by COVID-19, the results can be devastating for the individuals and families experiencing it. Objective: To compare the symptoms of the unemployed syndrome in three population groups. Method: Three groups were studied: short-term unemployed (n = 91), long-term unemployed (n = 150), and those unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 94). Unemployment syndrome was assessed with the Unemployment Syndrome Scale (USS). The three population groups were contacted through web pages, social networks, etc. and answered the instruments online in a single session. Once the responses were obtained, their information was encoded in a database and analysed through the SPSS v. 21 program. Population groups were compared using the ANOVA analysis and the Bonferroni post hoc test. Results: The unemployed individuals who lost their job during the pandemic reported higher scores in the symptoms of the Unemployed Syndrome Scale compared to the long- and short-term unemployed individuals. ANOVA analyses for symptoms of USS were all significant in the different groups considering a significance level of <0.005. Participants who were unemployed for less than one year had lower scores in the USS than the long-term unemployed participants and those unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic that reported a significantly higher number of symptoms in the USS. |
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spelling | pubmed-83043072021-07-25 Unemployment Syndrome during COVID-19: A Comparison of Three Population Groups Bocchino, Anna Gilart, Ester Roman, Inmaculada Cabrera Lepiani, Isabel Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Introduction: Of the serious problems that characterise the current crisis in Spain, the most alarming and revealing is unemployment, which, despite being so common, continues to be quite a negative experience for most people, often with serious negative effects on their biopsychosocial health. The perpetuation of this situation has given rise to a new syndrome of the unemployed. If these effects of economic downsizing are accompanied by the magnitude of the current situation brought about by COVID-19, the results can be devastating for the individuals and families experiencing it. Objective: To compare the symptoms of the unemployed syndrome in three population groups. Method: Three groups were studied: short-term unemployed (n = 91), long-term unemployed (n = 150), and those unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 94). Unemployment syndrome was assessed with the Unemployment Syndrome Scale (USS). The three population groups were contacted through web pages, social networks, etc. and answered the instruments online in a single session. Once the responses were obtained, their information was encoded in a database and analysed through the SPSS v. 21 program. Population groups were compared using the ANOVA analysis and the Bonferroni post hoc test. Results: The unemployed individuals who lost their job during the pandemic reported higher scores in the symptoms of the Unemployed Syndrome Scale compared to the long- and short-term unemployed individuals. ANOVA analyses for symptoms of USS were all significant in the different groups considering a significance level of <0.005. Participants who were unemployed for less than one year had lower scores in the USS than the long-term unemployed participants and those unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic that reported a significantly higher number of symptoms in the USS. MDPI 2021-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8304307/ /pubmed/34299822 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147372 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Bocchino, Anna Gilart, Ester Roman, Inmaculada Cabrera Lepiani, Isabel Unemployment Syndrome during COVID-19: A Comparison of Three Population Groups |
title | Unemployment Syndrome during COVID-19: A Comparison of Three Population Groups |
title_full | Unemployment Syndrome during COVID-19: A Comparison of Three Population Groups |
title_fullStr | Unemployment Syndrome during COVID-19: A Comparison of Three Population Groups |
title_full_unstemmed | Unemployment Syndrome during COVID-19: A Comparison of Three Population Groups |
title_short | Unemployment Syndrome during COVID-19: A Comparison of Three Population Groups |
title_sort | unemployment syndrome during covid-19: a comparison of three population groups |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8304307/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34299822 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147372 |
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