Social and Psychological Consequences of Unemployment in Young People, 1982-1983

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This two-stage longitudinal aimed: i) to assess the effect of duration of unemployment on labour market attachment; ii) to assess the effect of duration of unemployment on psychological well-being; iii) to determine the moderators of i) and ii), including social networks, social supports and pressures.

Main Topics:

i) Sex, ethnic group and personal histories of unemployment, employment and special measures. ii) Job search and aspirations. iii) Labour market attitudes, and disaffection. iv) Psychological well-being, health and personality. v) Social supports, networks and pressures. vi) Subcultural features of unemployment. vii) Area differences. viii) Prediction of success in finding employment. ix) Training aspirations. x) Perceptions of the unemployed. Standard Measures: i) General health Questionnaire, Zung Depression and Anxiety, sociability and achievement orientation measures. ii) Item batteries on: employment commitment, unemployment orientation, labour market disaffection, job search attitude, attitudes to employment. iii) Composite scales of social pressures and supports. For a full account of origin of the measures see Warr P.B., Banks M.H. and Ullah P.B. (1985) 'The experience of unemployment among black and white urban teenagers' British Journal of Psychology 76, p.75-87.

A) A sample of registered unemployed 17 year olds was drawn from 11 urban areas in England. All mem

Face-to-face interview

Psychological measurements

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DOI http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-2026-1
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=c99595f488e0eaadec877e84d793f412d4fc46667d112595af3cf49e659701ef
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Creator Ullah, P., Medical Research Council/Economic and Social Research Council Social and Applied Psychology Unit; Warr, P. B., Medical Research Council/Economic and Social Research Council Social and Applied Psychology Unit; Banks, M. H., Medical Research Council/Economic and Social Research Council Social and Applied Psychology Unit
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 1985
Funding Reference Department of Employment
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Language English
Discipline History; Humanities
Spatial Coverage England