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KMID : 0904520210580010151
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Health and Medical Sociology
2021 Volume.58 No. 1 p.151 ~ p.176
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An Association between the Pattern of Repeated Job Insecurity and Mental Health
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Yang Jung-Yeon
Lee Jun-Hyup
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Abstract
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Job insecurity is increasing due to the flexibility in the job market, and the problem of increasing economically inactive population as well as the unemployed is also becoming serious. Job insecurity is known to have a negative impact on mental health, but there is a lack of research on the relationship between accumulated and repeated job insecurity and mental health. We examined the impact of past job insecurity on current mental health according to the healing model that past shocks are weaker than current shocks and the breaking point model that changes occur when stress accumulation exceeds certain points. Using Korea Welfare Panel Study Data(cycles 8~14), 2,673 of wage earners, the unemployed, discouraged workers, and job seekers were selected.
We considered both objective and subjective aspects of job insecurity and used Ordinary Least Squares(OLS) regression in the analysis. We found that there was no significant deterioration in depression and self-esteem due to the one-time job insecurity, but if job insecurity occurred continuously until recently, it could worsen mental health, which confirmed the breaking point hypothesis. In addition, people who were unstable in employment in the past but are stable in recent years didn’t have a lower level of mental health than job security groups, which supported the healing hypothesis. Therefore, this study urges attention to people who experience repeated and accumulated job insecurity, suggesting that prompt policy intervention is required to prevent job insecurity from becoming chronic.
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KEYWORD
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Job Insecurity, Depression, Self-esteem, Healing Model, Breaking Point Model
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