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- Title
Unemployment in Greek Cypriot Families: Psychosocial Impact, Coping Strategies, and Grassroots-level Solutions.
- Authors
GEORGIADES, SAVVAS D.
- Abstract
The recession of the Cyprus economy began in 2009 and culminated in the island experiencing the third highest unemployment rate in the European Union in the years 2013, 2014, and 2015 (Statista, 2015). To sketch out the profile of the Greek Cypriot unemployed, determine the psychosocial impact of unemployment, and identify risk and protective factors germane to this context, a telephone survey was conducted with 120 Greek Cypriot unemployed adults (a response rate of 72%). It was further hypothesised that long-term unemployment has more pervasive destructive psychosocial effects on both the unemployed and their families and that the latter effects are exacerbated by poverty and mitigated by social support and religiosity. A last focus of the study was to generate grassroots-level solutions to the problem of unemployment with implications for social policy development. Findings partially support the research hypotheses and provide insight into various government, legal, church, and society-level interventions that may help deflate the problem. Implications for knowledge development, future research, and social policy are discussed.
- Subjects
UNEMPLOYMENT &; psychology; CYPRUS economic conditions; CYPRIOTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation -- Social aspects; SOCIAL policy
- Publication
Cyprus Review, 2015, Vol 27, Issue 2, p65
- ISSN
1015-2881
- Publication type
Article