Publication details
Nezaměstnaní otcové a matky: sociální, psychologické a zdravotní důsledky. Longitudinální studie – zkušenosti z dětství.
| Title in English | Unemployed fathers and mothers: social, psychological and health consequences |
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | Social-psychological antecedents in unemployed men. Childhood experience. Abstract Objectives: In cooperation with the ELSPAC (European Longitudinal Study of Parenthood and Childhood) project we have studied the impacts of job loss on the socioeconomic, psychosomatic and health indicators of individuals' lives and their families, including their lives in partnerships and relations with children. Methods: The survey set consisted of 3141 (88.7%) employed men and 399 (11.3%) unemployed men. Basic research data were acquired by means of questionnaires (the ELSPAC study). Results: Differences between the employed and the unemployed men were found in age, education and their families. The mean age of the employed is significantly higher, by 4 years, in comparison with the unemployed. Men without work are more likely to have university-educated mothers. The employed men are more likely to be from complete families then the unemployed men. We also looked at three groups of mothers of 3 years old children: 1) employed, 2) voluntarily unemployed and 3) involuntarily unemployed. Involuntarily unemployed mothers proved to be the most vulnerable group with a wide range of medical, psychological, partnership problems which also have serious consequences for child development. Conclusion: Negative consequences of childhood experiences influence the future assertion on the labor market. The social role of young men (fathers) and women (mothers) is distorted by their childhood experiences. Both groups of men who were psychically and physically abused during their childhood inadvertently tend to imitate their parents. The violent behavior model then nonverbally transfers from one generation to another. |
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