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This 5 page paper critiques a study conducted by Dooley, Prause and Ham-Rowbottom (2000), which investigated the relationship between depression and under-employment. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Unemployment and Depression Research Compiled for
, Enterprises Inc. By - properly! 1. The following paper offers a critique of
study conducted by Dooley, Prause and Ham-Rowbottom (2000) on the relationship between unemployment and depression. In this study, the researchers conceptualized employment status as a continuum rather than as a
simple dichotomy. This continuum was conceptualized as ranging from being employed full time to various stages of underemployment, such as part-time or low wage work. This perspective provided the
background on exploring the research question of whether shift along this continuum from employment to underemployment acerbated depression, as well as to what extent prior depression predisposed workers for encountering
these shifts. As this indicates, this study investigated the relationship between depression and adverse employment status that includes underemployment rather than simply being unemployed. 2. In their literature review,
the researchers show that prior research has established a positive correlation between job loss and an increased incidence of depression. Investigation of additional recent literature verifies this conclusion. For example,
the study conducted by Jefferis, et al (2011) explored the relationship between depression and unemployment and found that there is a significant association between depression and employment status and
that unemployed adults are at high risk for the onset of major clinical depression. Similarly, Karsten and Moser (2009) found in their meta-analysis of 237 cross-sectional and 87 longitudinal studies
found that the unemployed suffer from an increased level of distress when compared to employed individuals and depression was one of the symptoms of stress that was included in their
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