Sense of Coherence and Ill Health Among the Unemployed and Re-employed After Closure of an Assembly Plant

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Johansson Hanse, Jan,1954Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Psykologiska institutionen,Department of Psychology (författare)

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between employment status, ill health and sense of coherence (SOC). A cross-sectional sample of the former workers at the closed down Volvo Kalmar plant in Sweden was used. A questionnaire was mailed to all identified subjects 2 years after the closure of the plant. Responses were obtained from 344 persons, of whom 173were re-employed and 92were unemployed. They answered the questionnaire anonymously on background variables, SOC and ill health (physical and psychological symptoms). A notable difference was found between the re-employed and unemployed, where the unemployed reported symptoms significantly more often as well as a significantly weaker SOC. The main finding in a four-cell model indicated that unemployment had a rather low impact on symptoms in the presence of a strong SOC. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was performed with simultaneous analysis of the unemployed and reemployed. The SEM analysis indicated that SOC seemed to have a greater impact on psychological symptoms among unemployed compared with re-employed persons. However, it should be noted that the present study does not allow for the determination of cause-effect relationships. A comment: This publication is authored together with a senior research competency within psychology with whom Engström have had long time cooperation procedures.

Engström, Tomas,1950Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology(Swepub:cth)tomeng (författare)
Göteborgs universitetPsykologiska institutionen (creator_code:org_t)

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