Rewarding Work: Cross-National Differences in Benefits, Volunteering During Unemployment, Well-Being and Mental Health
Rewarding Work: Cross-National Differences in Benefits, Volunteering During Unemployment, Well-Being and Mental Health
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DOI：
10.1177/0950017016686030
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发表时间：
2018-02-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Bennett, Matthew R.
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作者：
Kamerade, Daiga;Bennett, Matthew R.
由于劳动力市场日益灵活，越来越多的人可能会失业，从而降低心理健康和福祉。本文研究了从事志愿工作的失业人员和不从事志愿工作的失业人员之间在幸福感和心理健康方面的跨国差异，使用欧洲生活质量调查对29个欧洲国家和其他外部来源的失业人员的多层次数据。这篇文章发现，无论他们的志愿活动如何，在失业救济金更慷慨的国家，失业人员的幸福感和心理健康水平更高。出乎意料的是，结果还表明，在失业救济金不太慷慨的国家，定期参加志愿服务实际上可能对心理健康有害。本文的结论是，通过志愿工作行使的个人机构可以部分改善福祉，但慷慨的失业救济金是至关重要的，以减轻失业的负面心理健康影响。
Owing to increasing labour market flexibilization, a growing number of people are likely to experience unemployment and, as a consequence, lower mental health and well-being. This article examines cross-national differences in well-being and mental health between unemployed people who engage in voluntary work and those who do not, using multilevel data from the European Quality of Life Survey on unemployed individuals in 29 European countries and other external sources. This article finds that, regardless of their voluntary activity, unemployed people have higher levels of well-being and mental health in countries with more generous unemployment benefits. Unexpectedly, the results also suggest that regular volunteering can actually be detrimental for mental health in countries with less generous unemployment benefits. This article concludes that individual agency exercised through voluntary work can partially improve well-being but the generosity of unemployment benefits is vital for alleviating the negative mental health effects of unemployment.