Exploring the lived experience of mental health and coping during unemployment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unemployment is known to involve various psychosocial challenges that can negatively impact mental health. However, the intricacies of how individuals experience these challenges and strive to cope within the context of varied sociocultural and individuating factors, remain comparatively understudied. The present qualitative study used an interpretative phenomenological approach to explore the lived experiences of mental health and coping during unemployment.

Methods

Fifteen Australian adults who had recently experienced unemployment (for ≥3 months in the last 2 years), despite being available for and able to work, participated in semi-structured interviews from August to September 2021. Maximum variation sampling ensured participants represented diverse sociodemo

SUBMITTER: Arena AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9797253 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature