How Do Couples Cope With Unemployment: Examining Relationships Among Support, Undermining, and Depression

Schauss, Eraina; Howell, Kathryn H.; Ellmo, Frances

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“…The high prevalence of depression/sadness and anxiety/tension among the unemployed cohort is particularly troubling given that anxiety and depressive disorders are associated with poor outcomes such as decreased interpersonal functioning. Multiple studies have shown being unemployed increases the likelihood of experiencing mental health symptomology, in addition to SUD relapse 32–34. Systematic reviews have shown employment improves health outcomes of depression and general mental health, and possibly overall health 35–37.…”

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“…Multiple studies have shown being unemployed increases the likelihood of experiencing mental health symptomology, in addition to SUD relapse. [32][33][34] Systematic reviews have shown employment improves health outcomes of depression and general mental health, and possibly overall health. [35][36][37] Considering directionality, untreated mental health conditions may make it difficult to obtain and retain employment.…”

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Examining Employment and Employment Barriers Among a Sample of Patients in Medication-Assisted Treatment in the United States

Ware

Frey²,

Cloeren

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Addictive Disorders &Amp; Their Treatment

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Background: Barriers to employment are a considerable problem for individuals recovering from an opioid use disorder (OUD). Being unemployed while receiving OUD treatment is associated with poorer treatment outcomes. Objectives: Apply the biopsychosocial model to examine employment status and the association of barriers to employment among a sample of adults receiving Methadone for OUD. Materials and Methods: Administrative data from an east coast midsized urban medication-assisted treatment provider in the United States were obtained from a state database. Univariate analyses were used to describe the sample, and bivariate analyses were used to examine the relationship between employment status and select variables. A logistic regression model was used to predict employment status. Results: Sample characteristics include 80.8% unemployed, 63.1% male, 49.6% White, and 65.3% never married. Employment status was significantly associated with past 30-day depression/sadness (χ2 (1)=11.361, P<0.01), past 30-day anxiety/tension (χ2 (1)=8.799, P<0.01), receiving financial support (χ2 (1)=6.550, P<0.05), having a driver’s license (χ2 (1)=12.984, P<0.001) and having a vehicle (χ2 (1)=43.208, P<0.001). The logistic regression model found those with a vehicle were less likely to be unemployed (odds ratio=0.248, P<0.01), while those awaiting a trial/charge were more likely to be unemployed (odds ratio=9.253, P<0.001). Conclusions: This study identified potential barriers (ie, psychological, transportation, criminal justice system involvement) from a biopsychosocial framework, associated with employment status among a sample of individuals in Methadone treatment. Identifying employment barriers in this population will help with treatment based clinical interventions.

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Examining Employment and Employment Barriers Among a Sample of Patients in Medication-Assisted Treatment in the United States

Ware

Frey²,

Cloeren

et al. 2021

Addictive Disorders &Amp; Their Treatment

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“…Negative economic events, such as job loss and unemployment, have been found to cause a range of negative experiences for the entire family, such as lower quality of partner relationship, more hostility and conflict between family members, less affection and less satisfaction with family life (Lombardi et al, 2017). Unemployment also affects important psychological needs, such as sense of life purpose, status and activity (Paul and Moser, 2009), increasing symptoms of depression in the partner as well as in the job seeker (Schauss et al, 2019).…”

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Love in Crisis? How Young Women’s Ideas and Experiences of Intimate Relationships are Reshaped by Conditions of Economic Austerity in Greece

Kazana-McCarthy¹

2020

Journal of Social Sciences

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This study seeks to examine intimate relationships and attitudes towards such ties, among Greek young women (n = 36). In the wake of challenging structural situations surrounding the effects of economic austerity in Greece, the accounts of these young women are understood with reference to their options on finding and sustaining intimate relationships. It is argued that these accounts are filtered by the conditions of austerity, leading some women to question traditional ideas of patriarchy, gender norms and the desirability of maintaining ties with economically inactive men. However, the language through which the young women articulated experiences and attitudes towards intimate relations is highly individualising. These issues are assessed in the context of research on emerging adulthood focusing on how attitudes and practices relating to intimacy can be reshaped through economic contexts.

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Temporal Dimensions of Unemployment and Relationship Happiness in the United Kingdom

Blom

Perelli‐Harris

2020

European Sociological Review

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Here we study how unemployment is related to partner relationship happiness in the United Kingdom. We investigate multiple dimensions of unemployment—current unemployment, changes in unemployment, duration of unemployment, and past unemployment—each of which provides unique insights into how economic uncertainty can strain relationships. Not including these aspects potentially leads to an underestimation of the long-term effect of unemployment and times when couples are especially affected. Using British longitudinal data (UK Household Longitudinal Study), we employ random and fixed regression analyses. The results highlight the gendered nature of relationships and employment within British couples. As found in previous studies, unemployment, particularly men’s unemployment, is associated with unhappier relationships. However, we find that over the long-run, relationship happiness declined and did not always recover. In addition, men’s re-employment did not solve problems rising from unemployment, especially for women, who continued to be less happy with the relationship when their male partner was unemployed in the recent past. Overall, the research showed that unemployment is not only related to relationship happiness at the time of unemployment, but had a scarring effect on relationship happiness.

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How Do Couples Cope With Unemployment: Examining Relationships Among Support, Undermining, and Depression

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Examining Employment and Employment Barriers Among a Sample of Patients in Medication-Assisted Treatment in the United States

Examining Employment and Employment Barriers Among a Sample of Patients in Medication-Assisted Treatment in the United States

Love in Crisis? How Young Women’s Ideas and Experiences of Intimate Relationships are Reshaped by Conditions of Economic Austerity in Greece

Temporal Dimensions of Unemployment and Relationship Happiness in the United Kingdom

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