Behavioral and biochemical effects of job loss and unemployment stress.
Previous research on the effects of unemployment has focused upon both anticipation of job loss and long-term unemployment, typically using self-report and some biochemical measures of response to unemployment stress. The present study was concerned with behavioral and biochemical responses to unemployment. It was also designed to examine a somewhat different time course of unemployment than has been used in previous work. Results indicated that stress accompanies unemployment; looking at people who had been unemployed for up to four months, those who had been unemployed for greater lengths of time performed more poorly on a behavioral task and exhibited higher levels of urinary norepinephrine and epinephrine than did persons unemployed for shorter time periods or subjects who were employed.
D000328:Adult; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000652:urine*; D012106:Research; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000652:urine*; D014478:Unemployment
D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine