Unemployment and mental health in a community population from a border city in Mexico

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AudienciaPúblico en generales_ES
CoberturaMéxicoes_ES
Fecha de ingreso2026-09-15T00:30:04Z
Fecha de publicación2021-01-01
ResumenBACKGROUND: The constant changes in the global economy generate instability in the markets, favoring the closing of companies, dismissals of personnel, job losses. Unemployment has been associated with adverse psychological effects, serving as a predictor of poor mental health. OBJECTIVE: The main goal was to analyze the relation between work status and mental health. METHODS: A cross-sectional, quantitative study was carried out with a sample of community population, inhabitants of the urban area of a Mexican city. The sample consisted of 1351 participants, being 577 men (43%) and 774 women (57%) with an average age of 41.46 (SD = 17.00). The participants were selected by a quota sampling, in 13 representative points of Matamoros’ city urban area. Home surveys were applied; the Spanish version of the Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90) was used for mental health assessment. RESULTS: The model explaining the relation between work status and mental health (GFI) was significant (p < 0.01). Unemployment was related to higher scores in all sub-scales of psychopathologies evaluated by the SCL-90, in comparison with the rest of work status categories. CONCLUSIONS: The unemployed, followed by housewives, presented indicators of poorer mental health, while the retired and those in strikes or lockouts showed the best mental health indexes.es_ES
Doihttps://doi.org/10.3233/wor-213527es_ES
URIhttps://riuat.uat.edu.mx/handle/123456789/2028
Idiomaeses_ES
EditorialSAGE Publicationses_ES
RelaciónWorkes_ES
URL relacionadohttps://doi.org/10.3233/wor-213527es_ES
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Licenciahttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2es_ES
FuenteWork
TítuloUnemployment and mental health in a community population from a border city in Mexicoes_ES
TipoArtículoes_ES
ArbitradoHa sido Arbitradoes_ES
AutorGonzález, Benito Zamorano
AutorCárdenas, Fabiola Peña
AutorPinto-Cortez, Cristián
AutorNarváez, Yolanda Velázquez
AutorMartínez, José Ignacio Vargas
AutorRamos, Luc&a Ruíz
AutorGonzález, Benito Zamoranoes_ES
AutorCárdenas, Fabiola Peñaes_ES
AutorPinto-Cortez, Cristiánes_ES
AutorNarváez, Yolanda Velázquezes_ES
AutorMartínez, José Ignacio Vargases_ES
AutorRamos, Luc&a Ruízes_ES
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipases_ES
Número3es_ES
Rango de páginas957-967es_ES
URL relacionadahttps://doi.org/10.3233/wor-213527
Tipo de artículoIndexado
Tipo de artículoIndexadoes_ES
Volumen69es_ES

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