The mental health of employees with job loss and income loss during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of perceived financial stress

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  • dc.contributor.author Miquel, Carlota de
  • dc.contributor.author Domènech-Abella, Joan
  • dc.contributor.author Félez-Nobrega, Mireia
  • dc.contributor.author Cristóbal Narváez, Paula
  • dc.contributor.author Mortier, Philippe
  • dc.contributor.author Vilagut Saiz, Gemma, 1975-
  • dc.contributor.author Alonso Caballero, Jordi
  • dc.contributor.author Olaya, Beatriz
  • dc.contributor.author Haro Abad, Josep Maria
  • dc.date.accessioned 2022-04-21T05:55:45Z
  • dc.date.available 2022-04-21T05:55:45Z
  • dc.date.issued 2022
  • dc.description.abstract The COVID-19 outbreak, which was followed by home confinement, is expected to have had profound negative impact on the mental health of people. Associated factors, such as losing jobs and income, can be expected to lead to an increased risk of suffering from psychopathological problems. Therefore, this study was aimed at researching the associations of job and income loss with mental health, as well as the possible mediating role of perceived financial stress during the COVID-19 outbreak. The sample included 2381 Spanish workers who were interviewed right after the first COVID-19 lockdown. Measures were taken for generalized anxiety disorder, panic attacks, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, working conditions, sociodemographic variables, and perceived financial stress. Logistic regression models were calculated with psychological variables as outcomes, and with job loss and income loss as predictors. Mediation analyses were performed by adding the financial threat as a mediator. Nineteen point six percent and 33.9% of participants reported having lost their jobs and incomes due to the pandemic, respectively. Only income loss was related to a higher risk of suffering from depression and panic attacks. When adding financial stress as a mediator, the indirect effects of job and income loss on the mental health measures were found to be significant, therefore indicating mediation. These findings pinpoint the vulnerability of this population, and highlight the need for interventional and preventive programs targeting mental health in economic crisis scenarios, such as the current one. They also highlight the importance of implementing social and income policies during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent mental health problems.
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  • dc.identifier.citation de Miquel C, Domènech-Abella J, Felez-Nobrega M, Cristóbal-Narváez P, Mortier P, Vilagut G, Alonso J, Olaya B, Haro JM. The mental health of employees with job loss and income loss during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of perceived financial stress. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 8;19(6):3158. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19063158
  • dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063158
  • dc.identifier.issn 1661-7827
  • dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/52867
  • dc.language.iso eng
  • dc.publisher MDPI
  • dc.relation.ispartof Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 8;19(6):3158
  • dc.rights © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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  • dc.subject.keyword COVID-19
  • dc.subject.keyword Financial stress
  • dc.subject.keyword Income loss
  • dc.subject.keyword Job loss
  • dc.subject.keyword Mediation
  • dc.subject.keyword Mental health
  • dc.title The mental health of employees with job loss and income loss during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of perceived financial stress
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