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Termination: The Consequences of Job Loss.

PB282991

Publication Date	1977
Personal Author	Cobb, S.; Kasl, S. V.
Page Count	340
Abstract	This is a report on a longitudinal study of men whose jobs were terminated. The 100 men and 74 controls were followed from before the two plants closed until 24 months afterwards. Because the focus was on health and mental health, the data were collected by especially trained public health nurses who visited the men in their homes. The job-terminated men, 35-60 years of age, married and with 18 years seniority averaged 15 weeks of unemployment and 219 changes of employment status. In the mental health sphere changes were noted in sense of deprivation, affective states and self identity. In the physical health area, complaints were most prominent during the period of anticipation; physiological changes suggesting an increased likelihood of coronary disease took place as did changes in blood sugar, pepsinogen and uric acid suggesting increased risk of diabetes, peptic ulcer and gout. There was an increase in arthritis and hypertension and three men suffered attacks of patchy baldness.
Keywords	Unemployment Adjustment(Psychology) Attitudes Employment Job satisfaction Skilled workers Industrial plants Health status Surveys
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Office of Policy Evaluation and Research Utilization Division
NTIS Subject Category	70D - Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower Studies 92B - Psychology
Corporate Authors	Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. Inst. for Social Research.; Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn.; Brown Univ., Providence, R.I.; Manpower Administration, Washington, D.C. Office of Research and; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. Div.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Brown Univ., Providence, R.I. and Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn. Sponsored in part by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. Div. of Biomedical and Behavioral Science.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 1 Jan 72-30 Jun 73.
NTIS Issue Number	197821
Contract Number	DL-91-26-72-23

Termination: The Consequences of Job Loss.

Termination: The Consequences of Job Loss.
PB282991

Publication Date	1977
Personal Author	Cobb, S.; Kasl, S. V.
Page Count	340
Abstract	This is a report on a longitudinal study of men whose jobs were terminated. The 100 men and 74 controls were followed from before the two plants closed until 24 months afterwards. Because the focus was on health and mental health, the data were collected by especially trained public health nurses who visited the men in their homes. The job-terminated men, 35-60 years of age, married and with 18 years seniority averaged 15 weeks of unemployment and 219 changes of employment status. In the mental health sphere changes were noted in sense of deprivation, affective states and self identity. In the physical health area, complaints were most prominent during the period of anticipation; physiological changes suggesting an increased likelihood of coronary disease took place as did changes in blood sugar, pepsinogen and uric acid suggesting increased risk of diabetes, peptic ulcer and gout. There was an increase in arthritis and hypertension and three men suffered attacks of patchy baldness.
Keywords	Unemployment Adjustment(Psychology) Attitudes Employment Job satisfaction Skilled workers Industrial plants Health status Surveys
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Office of Policy Evaluation and Research Utilization Division
NTIS Subject Category	70D - Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower Studies 92B - Psychology
Corporate Authors	Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. Inst. for Social Research.; Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn.; Brown Univ., Providence, R.I.; Manpower Administration, Washington, D.C. Office of Research and; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. Div.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Brown Univ., Providence, R.I. and Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn. Sponsored in part by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. Div. of Biomedical and Behavioral Science.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 1 Jan 72-30 Jun 73.
NTIS Issue Number	197821
Contract Number	DL-91-26-72-23