The Moderating Effect of Social Support and Social Integration on the Relationship Between Involuntary Job Loss and Health

BACKGROUND: Job loss is a stressful life event that is associated with changes in somatic, behavioral, and affective well-being. This cohort study investigates whether social support and social integration moderate the relationship between job loss and mental health.

METHODS: Data from four waves of the Americans' Changing Lives data set were collapsed into three wave-pairs. Our sample comprised 1,474 observations, from which we identified 120 job losses. We applied longitudinal regression models in benchmark moderation analysis; finite mixture modeling was then applied to investigate complex heterogeneity.

RESULTS: Our findings suggest that social support, and not social integration, buffered the involuntary job loss-depressive symptoms relationship among a subgroup of individuals who were more likely to be White, higher educated, and have higher social support prior to job loss.

CONCLUSION: Policies that incentivize education, promote financial and health literacy, and strengthen families may reduce vulnerability to the mental health effects of job loss.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society - 40(2021), 10 vom: 07. Okt., Seite 1272-1279

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Canavan, Maureen [VerfasserIn]
Gallo, William T [VerfasserIn]
Marshall, Gillian L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Depressive symptoms
Employment termination
Involuntary job loss
Journal Article
Mental health
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Social networks
Social support

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.10.2021

Date Revised 28.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/0733464820921082

funding:

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311153631