Volume 3, Issue 1, June 2014, Pages 62–65
Mohammad Ashraf Malik1 and Dr. Md. Ilyas Khan2
1 Research scholar, Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, India
2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, India
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This paper is an endeavour to highlight the health problems of unemployed adults by reviewing the literature. Unemployment is the burning and daunting issue in the present day's world. It becomes great cause for some mortal disease, health problems and suicides. Unemployment completely disturbs the individual physical and psychological wellbeing. It is main source for the various types of psychological disorders and substance abuse. Which is revealed by different researchers like Morries et.al (1994) found a strong causal relationship between unemployment and mortality. Similarly unemployment have an adverse impact on the psychological wellbeing of and individual and unemployment has been found to result in lower self-esteem (Muller et.al., 1993) and a greater incidence of depression (Feather and O'Brien, 1986).So, this paper would be an exhaustive effort to highlight the health concerns of unemployed adults.
Author Keywords: Depression, Health, Unemployment, Wellbeing.
Mohammad Ashraf Malik1 and Dr. Md. Ilyas Khan2
1 Research scholar, Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, India
2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, India
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This paper is an endeavour to highlight the health problems of unemployed adults by reviewing the literature. Unemployment is the burning and daunting issue in the present day's world. It becomes great cause for some mortal disease, health problems and suicides. Unemployment completely disturbs the individual physical and psychological wellbeing. It is main source for the various types of psychological disorders and substance abuse. Which is revealed by different researchers like Morries et.al (1994) found a strong causal relationship between unemployment and mortality. Similarly unemployment have an adverse impact on the psychological wellbeing of and individual and unemployment has been found to result in lower self-esteem (Muller et.al., 1993) and a greater incidence of depression (Feather and O'Brien, 1986).So, this paper would be an exhaustive effort to highlight the health concerns of unemployed adults.
Author Keywords: Depression, Health, Unemployment, Wellbeing.
How to Cite this Article
Mohammad Ashraf Malik and Dr. Md. Ilyas Khan, “The Health Concerns of Unemployed Adults: A Review,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 62–65, June 2014.
