The persistence of depressive symptoms in older workers who experience involuntary job loss: Results from the health and retirement survey
| Autor: | Hsun-Mei Teng, William T. Gallo, Joel A. Dubin, Elizabeth H. Bradley, Tracy Falba, Richard N. Jones, Stanislav V. Kasl |
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Persistence (psychology) medicine.medical_specialty Social Psychology Health Status media_common.quotation_subject Separation (statistics) Severity of Illness Index Article Surveys and Questionnaires Severity of illness medicine Humans Prospective Studies skin and connective tissue diseases Prospective cohort study Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Demography media_common Retirement Depression Net worth Middle Aged Mental health Clinical Psychology Socioeconomic Factors Unemployment Female sense organs Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychology Gerontology Follow-Up Studies Clinical psychology |
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| Popis: | Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether involuntary job loss among workers nearing retirement was associated with long-term changes in depressive symptoms. Methods: Analyzing data from the first four waves (1992-1998) of the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS), we used longitudinal multiple regression to assess whether involuntary job loss between the first two waves of the Survey was associated with depressive symptoms at Wave 3 and Wave 4. The study sample included 231 workers who experienced job loss in the Wave 1-Wave 2 interval and a comparison group of 3,324 non-displaced individuals. The effect of job loss on depressive symptoms was analyzed both in the full study sample and in subsamples determined by wealth. Results: Among individuals with below median net worth, Wave 1-Wave 2 involuntary job loss was associated with increased depressive symptoms at Wave 3 and Wave 4. No effect of involuntary job loss was found for high net worth individuals at the later survey waves. Discussion: Our findings have identified older workers with limited wealth as an important group for which the effect of involuntary job separation in the years preceding retirement potentially results in enduring adverse mental health. |
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