The relative effects of deprivation of the latent and manifest benefits of employment on the well-being of unemployed people

This study investigated the relative contributions of the individual latent and manifest benefits of employment to well-being in a sample of 248 unemployed people. Participants completed measures of well-being and the latent (time structure, activity, status, collective purpose, and social contact)...

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Published inJournal of occupational health psychology Vol. 6; no. 4; p. 324
Main Authors Creed, P A, Macintyre, S R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.2001
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Employment - economics
Employment - psychology
Female
Goals
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Mental Health
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological
Psychosocial Deprivation
Queensland
Social Class
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time
Unemployment - psychology
Queensland
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Summary:This study investigated the relative contributions of the individual latent and manifest benefits of employment to well-being in a sample of 248 unemployed people. Participants completed measures of well-being and the latent (time structure, activity, status, collective purpose, and social contact) and manifest (financial strain) benefits of employment. Significant associations were found between the latent benefits and well-being and between the manifest benefits and well-being. Both latent and manifest benefits contributed significantly to the prediction of well-being, with the manifest benefit accounting for the largest proportion. Although all latent benefits contributed significantly, status emerged as the most important contributor, followed by time structure and collective purpose. Results are discussed in the context of M. Jahoda's (1982) latent deprivation model and D. Fryer's (1986) agency restriction model.
ISSN:1076-8998
DOI:10.1037/1076-8998.6.4.324