How Does the Economic Crisis Affect the Psychological Well-Being? Comparing College Students and Employees

Autor/inn/en	Wetzel, Kathrin; Mertens, Anne; Röbken, Heinke
Titel	How Does the Economic Crisis Affect the Psychological Well-Being? Comparing College Students and Employees
Quelle	In: Research in Higher Education Journal, 18 (2012), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-3432
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Psychological Needs; Economic Impact; College Students; Employee Attitudes; Stress Variables; Financial Needs; Employment Potential; Gender Differences; Industrial Psychology; Prediction; Financial Problems; Generational Differences; Student Attitudes; Questionnaires; Likert Scales; Foreign Countries; Student Surveys; Occupational Surveys; Germany; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Ökonomische Determinanten; Collegestudent; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Geschlechterkonflikt; Betriebspsychologie; Industriepsychologie; Vorhersage; Schülerverhalten; Fragebogen; Likert-Skala; Ausland; Schülerbefragung; Berufsanalyse; Deutschland
Abstract	Little is known about differences in the impact of economic stress on students as compared to persons holding secure job positions. Besides the macroeconomic effects, an economic downturn can also affect individual's physical health and psychological well-being (Aytaç & Rankin, 2009). Prior research showed that socio-demographic characteristics and conditions (e.g. age, gender, job status, or education) are associated with people's mental health (Hobfoll, 1998). The present study addressed two general questions: how people perceive their financial situation and their employability in the time following a financial crisis and whether or not these crisis-based appraisals of their economic standing have influence on their mental health. Of particular interest to this study was to explore these issues across occupational status (college students versus employees) and gender. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01