Stress and Distress among the Unemployed

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Stress and the Life Course during Hard Times

   • Clifford L. Broman, V. Lee Hamilton, William S. Hoffman

   Pages 1-17

3. The Study: Sites, Sample, Method, and Measures

   • Clifford L. Broman, V. Lee Hamilton, William S. Hoffman

   Pages 19-38

4. Unemployment and Reemployment

   • Clifford L. Broman, V. Lee Hamilton, William S. Hoffman

   Pages 39-58

5. Feelings: Downsizing’s Effects on Individuals and Families

   • Clifford L. Broman, V. Lee Hamilton, William S. Hoffman

   Pages 59-80

6. The Structure of Stress: Workers’ Characteristics and the Stress Process

   • Clifford L. Broman, V. Lee Hamilton, William S. Hoffman

   Pages 81-101

7. A Question of Worth: Financial Circumstances, the Self, and Distress

   • Clifford L. Broman, V. Lee Hamilton, William S. Hoffman

   Pages 103-129

8. The Persistence of Stress: Negative Life Events in the Recent and Distant Past

   • Clifford L. Broman, V. Lee Hamilton, William S. Hoffman

   Pages 131-159

9. Psychological Resources and Distress

   • Clifford L. Broman, V. Lee Hamilton, William S. Hoffman

   Pages 161-184

10. Individual versus Collective Resources

    • Clifford L. Broman, V. Lee Hamilton, William S. Hoffman

    Pages 185-209

11. Conclusions: What Have We Learned

    • Clifford L. Broman, V. Lee Hamilton, William S. Hoffman

    Pages 211-216

12. Back Matter

    Pages 217-226

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Employing both large-scale surveys and in-depth interviews, the authors document the mental health effects on workers caused by the closure of four General Motor plants. They paint a portrait of how the social context in which these workers lived played a critical role in their experiences of unemployment or of keeping their jobs when others around them lost theirs. More than simply a study of unemployment and mental health, this book is also a story of coping and resilience.

• Employment
• demography
• health
• stress
• unemployment

• Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

  Clifford L. Broman

• University of Maryland, College Park, USA

  V. Lee Hamilton

• International Union-UAW, Detroit, USA

  William S. Hoffman

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