Unemployment, self-esteem, and depressionDifferences between men and women

  1. José Luis Álvaro 1
  2. Alicia Garrido 1
  3. Cícero Roberto Pereira 2
  4. Ana Raquel Torres 2
  5. Sabrina Cavalcanti Barros 3
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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  2. 2 Universidade Federal da Paraíba
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    Universidade Federal da Paraíba

    João Pessoa, Brasil

    ROR https://ror.org/00p9vpz11

  3. 3 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
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    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

    Natal, Brasil

    ROR https://ror.org/04wn09761

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Revista:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Año de publicación: 2019

Número: 22

Páginas: 1-9

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1017/SJP.2018.68 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: The Spanish Journal of Psychology

Resumen

Although there is a vast bibliography on the negative consequences of unemployment for mental health, there are no studies that analyze the differences between men and women in relation to the consequences that unemployment could have simultaneously on self-esteem and depression. The main objective of this study was to analyze whether, unemployment is differentially associated with the self-esteem of men and women, and to test whether this circumstance can be considered a psychological mechanism by which we could explain differences in depression for men and women. Results show that self-esteem is a mediating variable (indirect effect = .11; 90% CI [.04, .19]), considering its differential impact on depression, but this mediation is moderated by the gender of the respondents (b = .21, 90% IC [.01, .40]. In summary, unemployment is associated with lower self-esteem, which in turn is related to greater depressive symptoms. This relationship is only observed for men and not for women.

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