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- Title
Mental Health and Personality of Slovak Unemployed Adolescents: The Impact of Belief in a Just World.
- Authors
Dzuka, Josef; Dalbert, Claudia
- Abstract
In 2 questionnaire studies with 3 groups of Slovak adolescents (students, short-term unemployed, long-term unemployed), the role of belief in a just world (BJW) as a buffer for the unemployed individuals' mental health (life satisfaction, personal worries, positive affect, negative affect, self-esteem) was explored. The personal but not the general BJW showed a positive relationship with life satisfaction, positive affect, and self- esteem, and this was true when controlled for objective (gender, unemployment status) and situational (subjective financial situation) predictors and further personality dimensions (Study 2: social desirability, extraversion, emotional lability). These adaptive relationships were consistently observed for students and short-term unemployed adolescents, while the results for the long-term unemployed participants and the negative mental health dimensions were mixed. It is discussed which coping reactions might mediate the personal BJW's adaptive effects.
- Subjects
MENTAL health; TEENAGERS; YOUTH; ADOLESCENCE; SELF-esteem; PERSONALITY
- Publication
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2002, Vol 32, Issue 4, p732
- ISSN
0021-9029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1559-1816.2002.tb00240.x