Psychological well-being during unemployment: the role of personality and
perception of time structure
Psychological well-being during unemployment: the role of personality and
perception of time structure
Gedrag & Organisatie, volume 24, September 2011, nr. 3, pp.
207-232.Unemployed people report lower levels of psychological
well-being than employed individuals. However, when unemployed individuals
perceive their use of time to be structured and purposive, this negative effect
of unemployment on psychological well-being is reduced. This study investigated
whether personality – as measured by the Big Five framework –
determined the perception of time structure. In a sample of 231 Flemish
unemployed people, we found that the more sense of purpose and present
orientation individuals showed, the higher their psychological well-being was.
Concerning the relation between personality and the perception of time
structure, unemployed people with more openness to experience reported less
sense of purpose. More conscientious individuals showed more sense of purpose,
routine, organization, and present orientation. More neurotic individuals
perceived less sense of purpose and present orientation. Finally, more neurotic
unemployed individuals with more openness for experience showed lower
psychological well-being, due to their lower perception of time
structure.
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