Journal article
The effect of leaving employment on mental health: Testing 'adaptation' versus 'sensitisation' in a cohort of working-age Australians
A Milner, MJ Spittal, A Page, AD PageLaMontagne
Occupational and Environmental Medicine | Published : 2014
Abstract
Objectives To investigate the 'adaptation' versus 'sensitisation' hypotheses in relation to mental health and labour market transitions out of employment to determine whether mental health stabilised (adaptation) or worsened (sensitisation) as people experienced one or more periods without work. Methods The Household Income and Labour Dynamics of Australia (HILDA) longitudinal survey was used to investigate the relationship between the number of times a person had been unemployed or had periods out of the labour force (ie, spells without work) and the Mental Component Summary (MCS) of the Short Form 36 (SF-36). Demographic, health and employment related confounders were included in a series ..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The National Health and Medical Research Council Capacity Building Grant in Population Health and Health Services Research (ID 546248) provided salary support for AM. The HILDA Project was initiated and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) and is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (Melbourne Institute).