Study Atkinson et al. (1986): study US 1982

Public

Unemployed males followed 2 month after jobloss and matched controls, Boston, USA, 1982

Sample

Respondents

N = 167

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
With both spouces

Correlate

Authors's Label

Change in family cohesion

Our Classification

Remarks

Assessed at T1 and T2 (two months difference. Cohesion dropped among the continuously unemployed, but rose among the re-employed, while remaining at the same level in the control group of continuously employed.

Operationalization

Family cohesion subscale of the Moos
Family Environment Scale (Moos, Insel and Humphrey 1974)

Observed Relation with Happiness