Unemployment, Reemployment, and Emotional Functioning in a Community Sample
基于大规模调查，研究了失业对情绪功能的影响，发现失业显著增加痛苦，再就业则能消除这种痛苦，且再就业概率与初始情绪功能无关。
We report results from a large-scale survey of the effects of unemployment on emotional functioning. The study design explicitly considers the possibility that prior emotional functioning may influence the risk of unemployment and chances for reemployment. We document substantial effects of unemployment on distress as well as positive emotional effects of reemployment. Contrary to initial expectations, the probability of reemployment is unrelated to baseline emotional functioning. The elimination of elevated distress after reemployment suggests that the worst psychological effects of job loss can be minimized if opportunities exist for reemployment.