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Unemployment in the time of COVID-19: A research agenda

This essay represents the collective vision of a group of scholars in vocational psychology who have sought to develop a research agenda in response to the massive global unemployment crisis that has been evoked by the COVID-19 pandemic. The research agen...

Trust in the Time of Corona

The global spread of COVID-19 is one of the largest threats to people and governments since the Second World War. The on-going pandemic and its countermeasures have led to varying physical, psychological, and emotional experiences, shaping not just public...

The unequal impact of the coronavirus pandemic: Evidence from seventeen developing countries

The current coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented public health challenge that is having a devastating economic impact on households. Using a sample of 230,540 respondents to an online survey from 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, the st...

The traumatic impact of job loss and job search in the aftermath of COVID-19

Instability in the global economy in the wake of COVID-19 has resulted in millions of people losing access to employment. As a result, these same individuals will be faced with the pain of job loss in the present and the stress of the job search process i...

The psychological burden of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown measures: Experience from 4000 participants

BACKGROUND: In February 2020 the first cases of COVID-19 were identified in Kuwait. Inevitably as many countries worldwide, the general public were negatively affected by the pandemic. Unemployment, uncertainty, distress, increasing deaths, lockdown measu...

The impact of Covid-19 on unemployment across Italy: Consequences for those affected by psychiatric conditions

ABSTRACT Background : Severe psychological and psychosocial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are expected, especially for people already vulnerable to biological or psychosocial stressors, including those with mental health problems. The study aimed ...

Suicide in the Time of COVID-19: Review and Recommendations

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic presents us with unusual challenges to the global health system and economics. The pandemic may not have an immediate impact on suicide rates, however, given that it is likely to result in a confluence of risk factors f...

Psychological responses and associated factors during the initial lockdown due to the corona disease epidemic (COVID-19) among Norwegian citizens

Background:  Ongoing COVID-19 studies pay little attention to the risk or protective factors related to psychological stress. Aims: This study aims to estimate the prevalence of anxiety, depression and insomnia during the initial phase of the COVID-19 o...

Psychological aspects of employment instability during the COVID-19 pandemic

Psychological aspects that accompany employment instability because of the COVID-19 quarantine (lockdown) policy were investigated. Two hundred ninety-three Israeli participants completed a Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire, a Distress Thermometer, a...

Projected increases in suicide in Canada as a consequence of COVID-19

Macroeconomic indicators, notably unemployment, are significant moderators of suicide. We projected the number of excess suicides in Canada as a consequence of the impact of COVID-19 on unemployment. Annual suicide mortality (2000-2018) and unemployment (...

Pandemi og jobb: Hvordan påvirket smittevernrestriksjonene arbeidsmarkedet for unge mennesker med alvorlige psykiske lidelser?

Deltakelse i arbeidslivet er like viktig for unge mennesker med psykoselidelse som for alle andre. Ved Seksjon for tidlig psykosebehandling (OUS) samarbeider jobbsøkere og jobbspesialister for å finne egnede jobber som kan vedvare over tid. I dette innleg...

Locked down together: Determinants of verbal partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic

The global spread of the coronavirus has drastically impacted people's lives. Due to governmental lockdown measures, most people's work and social life were suddenly confined to their own home. For partners who lived together, this could put serious strai...

Labor market effects of Covid-19 in Sweden and its neighbors: Evidence from novel administrative data

This paper studies the labor market effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. We focus on the Nordic countries which showed one of the highest variations in NPIs despite having similar community spread of COVID-19...

Konsekvenser av covid-19 for tjenestetilbudet blant sårbare barn og unge

Kunnskapsgjennomgangen ser på hvilke måter konteksten rundt covid-19 har påvirket behovene og livssituasjonen til sårbare barn og utsatte familier, og hvordan tjenestetilbudet rettet mot sårbare barn og unge har blitt berørt av pandemien og iverksatte sm...

Konsekvenser av korona: Arbeidsledighet og gjennomføring blant unge i Viken

Kompetanse eller arbeidsledighet i pandemiens kjølvann – Rapport fra Arbeidslivsbarometeret 2020

Arbeidslivsbarometeret 2020 har undersøkt hva arbeidstakerne vil gjøre dersom dersom de blir arbeidsledige. I den tredje rapporteringen fra Arbeidslivsbarometeret 2020 viser vi at mange er motivert for å ta utdanning for å komme ut av arbeidsledighet....

Is Household Unemployment Associated With Increased Verbal and Physical Child Abuse During the COVID Pandemic?

PURPOSE: The economic downturn due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic initially led to a large increase in the US unemployment rate. Being laid-off or losing a job could cause financial stress and have an impact on the relationship betwee...

Intimate partner violence against women during the COVID-19 lockdown in Spain

Aims: To analyze the temporal and geographical distribution of different indicators for the evolution of intimate partner violence against women (IPV) before, during and after the COVID- 19 induced lockdown between March and June 2020 in Spain. Method(s):...

Interventions to suppress the coronavirus pandemic will increase unemployment and lead to many premature deaths

Background and aims:Interventions to suppress the coronavirus pandemic have led to economic recession and higher unemployment, which will increase mortality and decrease quality of life. The aim of this article is to estimate the consequences on mortality...

Individual, interpersonal and economic challenges of underemployment in the wake of COVID-19

BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has caused economic slowdown all across the globe. It results in job loss on the one hand and less wages, increased working hours, overqualified employees and part time jobs on the other hand. Low demand of labour and a huge availabil...