Job insecurity and mental health: A meta-analytical review of the consequences of precarious work in clinical disorders
verifiedrich profile · Anales de Psicología / Annals of Psychology · 2018
Llosa-Fernández, José Antonio; Menéndez-Espina, Sara; Agulló-Tomás, Esteban; Rodríguez-Suárez, Julio
How this was studied
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What this article reports
The findings we extracted from this work, normalized into Principia’s relationship form (X → Y). Each feeds the synthesized models below.
job insecurity → life satisfaction
job insecurity → burnout
job insecurity → anxiety
job insecurity → depression
Models this article informs
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job insecurity correlates anxiety
job insecurity correlates depression
job insecurity correlates emotional exhaustion
job insecurity correlates life satisfaction
job insecurity predicts burnout
In the authors’ words
The article’s own abstract.
<p>Faced with the growing instability resulting from the world economic crisis, job insecurity gains relevance in the study of occupational health. In order to analyse the consequences of job insecurity on mental health, a reference document is provided including the empirical research advances in the current framework. This systematic review follows a meta-analytical technique through 56 independent samples with 53,405 participants in total.<em> </em>The analysis offers a significant correlation between subjective job insecurity and mental health. Thus, it has been found that job insecurity is related to the risk or presence of depression, anxiety and emotional exhaustion, as well as to general low satisfaction with life, international comparisons are made, and negative results among workers regardless of the economic situation of the countries are highlighted, too. Moreover, methodological and conceptual contributions have been made in terms of the quality of the metrics applied. Job insecurity appears as a major problem for workers’ mental health, generating devastating effects on all kind of professional profiles and economic contexts. </p>
What the literature says about it
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supports “Job insecurity was related to the risk or presence of depression, anxiety and emotional exhaustion (Llosa-Fernández et al., 2018).”
supports “The main reason for suspecting a link between fixed-term contracts and mental health problems is that perceived job insecurity has been associated with an increased prevalence of depression, anxiety, emotional exhaustion, life satisfaction, and psychological well-being [6] as well as an increased risk of developing depressive symptoms [7].”
supports “Llosa et al. [31] also mentioned that job insecurity can significantly increase the risk of anxiety and depression disorders among employees.”
supports “Llosa et al. [31] also mentioned that job insecurity can significantly increase the risk of anxiety and depression disorders among employees.”
supports “Job insecurity was related to the risk or presence of depression, anxiety and emotional exhaustion (Llosa-Fernández et al., 2018).”
supports “Job insecurity was related to the risk or presence of depression, anxiety and emotional exhaustion (Llosa-Fernández et al., 2018).”
supports “The main reason for suspecting a link between fixed-term contracts and mental health problems is that perceived job insecurity has been associated with an increased prevalence of depression, anxiety, emotional exhaustion, life satisfaction, and psychological well-being [6] as well as an increased risk of developing depressive symptoms [7].”
supports “The main reason for suspecting a link between fixed-term contracts and mental health problems is that perceived job insecurity has been associated with an increased prevalence of depression, anxiety, emotional exhaustion, life satisfaction, and psychological well-being [6] as well as an increased risk of developing depressive symptoms [7].”
supports “The main reason for suspecting a link between fixed-term contracts and mental health problems is that perceived job insecurity has been associated with an increased prevalence of depression, anxiety, emotional exhaustion, life satisfaction, and psychological well-being [6] as well as an increased risk of developing depressive symptoms [7].”
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