From bad to worse? Effects of multiple adverse life course transitions on mental health

Mandemakers, Jornt J.; Kalmijn, Matthijs

doi:10.14301/llcs.v9i3.484

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“…Unemployment has been shown to lead to poor mental health [9], partly because it often entails substantial uncertainty [1,10,11]. Therefore, we expect that being laid off in the already uncertain context of a pandemic will lead to a stronger mental health deterioration, as the impact of both unemployment and the pandemic are likely to interact and "accumulate" over time [12].…”

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Changes in anxiety and depression symptoms during the Covid-19 lockdown in the Netherlands. The moderating role of pre-existing mental health, employment situation and alcohol consumption

Mangot-Sala

Smidt

Liefbroer

2023

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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Purpose Evidence suggests an increase of depression and anxiety symptoms during the Covid-19 pandemic but most studies relied on cross-sectional designs and/or small samples, and they often overlooked subgroup effects in the impact of the lockdown. We investigated the effect of the pandemic on depression and anxiety symptoms, and whether it differed by employment situation and alcohol consumption. Methods This longitudinal study used 23 waves of the Covid-Questionnaire (April 2020—July 2021), within the Lifelines cohort from the Netherlands (n = 76,254). Depression and anxiety symptoms were combined in a “mental health score”. Linear fixed-effects models were fitted to analyse trends in mental health throughout the observation period. The moderating role of pre-existing mental health, employment situation, and alcohol consumption was tested. Results Depression and anxiety symptoms fluctuated considerably during the observation period, with clear peaks in winter 2021, during the strictest lockdown period. Moreover, temporal patterns differed by employment situation and alcohol consumption patterns, suggesting that various subgroups reacted to the pandemic and the lockdown in different ways. Conclusion Lockdowns increased depression and anxiety symptoms in the Netherlands. The effect was particularly strong for unemployed individuals, those with risky alcohol consumption patterns and those with pre-existing mental health disorders.

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Changes in anxiety and depression symptoms during the Covid-19 lockdown in the Netherlands. The moderating role of pre-existing mental health, employment situation and alcohol consumption

Mangot-Sala

Smidt

Liefbroer

2023

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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“…Additionally, if at the same time a person finds himself in several unfavourable life situations, these accumulate and synergistically influence the quality of human life. Unemployment has a much more negative impact on a person's life if he or she is caught in an unfavourable social or life situation [52]. Due to the negative emotional consequences for former employees, organizations that must downsize should pay attention first to dealing with the negative emotions of employees and then to starting other outplacement activities [38].…”

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Perceived Serviceability of Outplacement Programs as a Part of Sustainable Human Resource Management

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Work and employment are important elements of every working person's life. If an employee loses his or her job, he or she loses an important and determining part of his or her life. To reduce the negative effects that affect the quality of an employee's life, outplacement programs were established as a part of sustainable human resource management. Sustainable human resource management emphasises the importance of employee care. Outplacement, for its part, includes support for employees at their last stage in the organization. The main aims of the paper are to present the research results focused on the perceived usefulness of outplacement programs for dismissed employees, to analyse the relationships between the emotions felt by redundancies and other employees as well as the comparison of differences in emotions felt by different generations of dismissed employees. A valid collection tool (research questionnaire) was developed for research purposes and distributed to employees of industrial enterprises in the Slovak Republic. Overall, the research set was composed of n = 692 employees from different generational groups. The research results proved the existence of a relationships between the emotions felt by redundancies and other employees and differences in emotions felt by employees from different generational groups.Sustainability 2019, 11, 4748 2 of 21 knowledge about the environmental, social, and economic strengths and weaknesses of enterprise for managers [2,3] for supporting decision-making [4][5][6]. The need for corporate social responsibility has become more pronounced in recent years, and companies have committed themselves to promoting non-economic social values [7]. The importance of corporate social responsibility on enterprise performance can be confirmed [8][9][10][11][12] with emphasis on the fact that the enterprise is confronted not only with economic problems but increasingly also with environmental and social ones [13][14][15][16][17]. Executives understand that corporate social responsibility is beneficial for businesses in relation to employees, whether present or attracting future ones [18,19]. There are various opportunities for enterprises to engage and contribute to local communities. Some enterprises, therefore, have separate units that manage their social commitment [20,21]. Social corporate responsibility does not mean only to focus in the broader sense on work issues. What is also important is commitment to social responsibility at a local level. It can be demonstrated as commitment to employees, currently as well as ex-employees, prospective employees and surrounding communities.The enterprise itself benefits from the implementation of socially responsible initiatives. Corporate social responsibility activities influence not only how the employees are identified with the enterprise, but also their attitudes and behaviour [22] and thus performance.Employees view favourable or unfavourable treatment from the enterprise management as an expression of how management of the enterpri...

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“…Disruptive events do not occur in isolation, but are often intertwined (10). Moreover, their negative effects tend to accumulate, often showing a dose-response pattern (24), as reported by studies testing the impact of disruptive events on mental health (25) and alcohol abuse (26). Evidence is particularly rich regarding the cumulative impact of disruptive events experienced during early life -considered a "sensitive period" (27)-on BMI and obesity in later life (10)(11)(12).…”

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Work- and Health-related Events and Changes in Body Mass Index during the Covid-19 lockdown. Evidence from the Lifelines Cohort Study in the Netherlands.

Mangot-Sala

Smidt

Liefbroer

2023

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Background The aim of this study was to identify the main trends in terms of changes in body mass index (BMI) during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. Moreover, we aimed to investigate whether work- and health-related disruptive events triggered by the pandemic, such as job insecurity or mental health issues, were associated with such changes in BMI. Methods Longitudinal data from the Lifelines Covid Questionnaire was used (21 waves between April 2020 and July 2021; n=64,630). Overall BMI trends were analysed using growth curve modelling. Different trajectories were identified using group-based trajectory models. Multinomial regression models were fitted to analyse the main determinants of experiencing changes in BMI during the pandemic. Results Experiencing disruptive work-related events (e.g. being laid-off or having a temporary contract) and health-related events (e.g. anxiety or depression) during the pandemic were associated with changes in BMI, particularly weight gain. Conclusions Work- and health-related events were strongly associated with changes in BMI during the Covid-19 pandemic. Although such changes may be partly explained by lifestyle factors, such as diet or physical activity, this study aligns with the existing evidence on the embodiment of stress, suggesting a strong association between disruptive events and changes in body weight.

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From bad to worse? Effects of multiple adverse life course transitions on mental health

Cited by 7 publications

References 38 publications

Changes in anxiety and depression symptoms during the Covid-19 lockdown in the Netherlands. The moderating role of pre-existing mental health, employment situation and alcohol consumption

Changes in anxiety and depression symptoms during the Covid-19 lockdown in the Netherlands. The moderating role of pre-existing mental health, employment situation and alcohol consumption

Perceived Serviceability of Outplacement Programs as a Part of Sustainable Human Resource Management

Work- and Health-related Events and Changes in Body Mass Index during the Covid-19 lockdown. Evidence from the Lifelines Cohort Study in the Netherlands.

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