Time Structure or Meaningfulness? Critically Reviewing Research on Mental Health and Everyday Life in Unemployment

2012 ◽  
pp. 157-172
Author(s):  
Benedikt G. Rogge
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Time Structure

Stigmatisation of mental illness in the workplace: evidence and consequences

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. 102-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Bezborodovs ◽  
G. Thornicroft
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Stigma And Discrimination ◽  
Workplace Stigma

SummaryWork plays an important part in everyday life. For people experiencing mental health problems employment may both provide a source of income, improved self-esteem and stability, and influence the course and outcomes of the disorder. Yet in many countries the work-place consistently surfaces as the context where people with mental health problems feel stigmatised and discriminated the most. This paper will review the existing evidence of stigma and discrimination in the workplace, consider the consequences of workplace stigma on the lives of people experiencing mental health problems, and discuss implications for further action.

scholarly journals Uncertainty makes me emotional: Uncertainty as an elicitor and modulator of emotional states

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayne Morriss ◽  
Emma Tupitsa ◽  
Helen Dodd ◽  
Colette Hirsch
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Fear And Anxiety

Uncertainty and emotion are an inevitable part of everyday life and play a vital role in mental health. Yet, our understanding of how uncertainty and emotion interact is limited. Here, an online survey was conducted (n = 231) to examine whether uncertainty evokes and modulates a range of negative and positive emotions. The data show that uncertainty is predominantly associated with negative emotional states such as fear/anxiety. However, uncertainty was also found to modulate a variety of other negative (i.e. sadness/upset, anger/frustration, confusion) and positive (i.e. surprise/interest and excited/enthusiastic) emotional states, depending on the valence of an anticipated outcome (i.e. negative, positive) and the sub parameter of uncertainty (i.e. risk and ambiguity). Uncertainty increased the intensity of negative emotional states and decreased the intensity of positive emotional states. These findings support prior research suggesting that uncertainty is aversive and associated with negative emotional states such as fear and anxiety. However, the findings also revealed that uncertainty is involved in eliciting and modulating a wide array of emotional phenomena beyond fear and anxiety. This study highlights an opportunity for further study of how uncertainty and emotion interactions are conceptualised generally and in relation to mental health.

scholarly journals Positively biased appraisals in everyday life: When do they benefit mental health and when do they harm it?

2011 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin M. O'Mara ◽  
James K. McNulty ◽  
Benjamin R. Karney
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Everyday Life

scholarly journals Emotional Responses to Stressors in Everyday Life Predict Long-Term Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 402-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruixue Zhaoyang ◽  
Stacey B Scott ◽  
Joshua M Smyth ◽  
Jee-Eun Kang ◽  
Martin J Sliwinski
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Latent Growth ◽  
Assessment Approach ◽  
Ecological Momentary

Abstract Background Individuals’ emotional responses to stressors in everyday life are associated with long-term physical and mental health. Among many possible risk factors, the stressor-related emotional responses may play an important role in future development of depressive symptoms. Purpose The current study examined how individuals’ positive and negative emotional responses to everyday stressors predicted their subsequent changes in depressive symptoms over 18 months. Methods Using an ecological momentary assessment approach, participants (n = 176) reported stressor exposure, positive affect (PA), and negative affect (NA) five times a day for 1 week (n = 5,483 observations) and provided longitudinal reports of depressive symptoms over the subsequent 18 months. A multivariate multilevel latent growth curve model was used to directly link the fluctuations in emotions in response to momentary stressors in everyday life with the long-term trajectory of depressive symptoms. Results Adults who demonstrated a greater difference in stressor-related PA (i.e., relatively lower PA on stressor vs. nonstressor moments) reported larger increases in depressive symptoms over 18 months. Those with greater NA responses to everyday stressors (i.e., relatively higher NA on stressor vs. nonstressor moments), however, did not exhibit differential long-term changes in depressive symptoms. Conclusions Adults showed a pattern consistent with both PA and NA responses to stressors in everyday life, but only the stressor-related changes in PA (but not in NA) predicted the growth of depressive symptoms over time. These findings highlight the important—but often overlooked—role of positive emotional responses to everyday stressors in long-term mental health.

scholarly journals The ‘Everyday Work’ of Living with Multimorbidity in Socioeconomically Deprived Areas of Scotland

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosaleen O'Brien ◽  
Sally Wyke ◽  
Graham G.C.M. Watt ◽  
Bruce Guthrie ◽  
Stewart W. Mercer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Socioeconomic Deprivation ◽  
Self Management ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Life Work ◽  
Deprived Areas

Background Multimorbidity is common in patients living in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation and is associated with poor quality of life, but the reasons behind this are not clear. Exploring the ‘everyday life work’ of patients may reveal important barriers to self-management and wellbeing. Objective To investigate the relationship between the management of multimorbidity and ‘everyday life work’ in patients living in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation in Scotland, as part of a programme of work on multimorbidity and deprivation. Design Qualitative study: individual semi-structured interviews of 14 patients (8 women and 6 men) living in deprived areas with multimorbidity, exploring how they manage. Analysis was continuous and iterative. We report the findings in relation to everyday life work. Results The in-depth analysis revealed four key themes: (i) the symbolic significance of everyday life work to evidence the work of being ‘normal’; (ii) the usefulness of everyday life work in managing symptoms; (iii) the impact that mental health problems had on everyday life work; and (iv) issues around accepting help for everyday life tasks. Overall, most struggled with the amount of work required to establish a sense of normalcy in their everyday lives, especially in those with mental–physical multimorbidity. Conclusions Everyday life work is an important component of self-management in patients with multimorbidity in deprived areas, and is commonly impaired, especially in those with mental health problems. Interventions to improve self-management support for patients living with multimorbidity may benefit from an understanding of the role of everyday life work.

scholarly journals Green tea consumption in everyday life and mental health

2005 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 1300-1306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mari Shimbo ◽  
Keiko Nakamura ◽  
Hui Jing Shi ◽  
Masashi Kizuki ◽  
Kaoruko Seino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Green Tea ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Black Tea ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Caffeine Intake ◽  
Tea Consumption ◽  
Cross Sectional

AbstractObjectiveGreen tea has been widely acknowledged in Japan to induce a pleasurable mental feeling. Recent laboratory studies have suggested positive psychological effects as a result of consuming green tea. The present study examined whether green tea consumption in everyday life in Japan is associated with positive mental health.DesignA cross-sectional study was performed in February–March 2002.Setting and subjectsThe subjects of the study consisted of a general population of 600 Japanese aged 20–69 years. Responses of 380 subjects, obtained by home-visit interview, were analysed. The questionnaire inquired about consumption of brewed green tea and other beverages, perceived mental health status, lifestyle and others. The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ 12) was used for the assessment of mental ill-health (GHQ score ≥4).ResultsAfter adjustments for age, area, perceived mental stress, lifestyle and daily caffeine intake, the consumption of brewed green tea was not statistically associated with any decrease in risk of mental ill-health among either males or females (odds ratio (OR) = 0.78, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.47–1.29 for males; OR = 0.77, 95% CI = 0.51–1.14 for females). Daily caffeine intake (100 mg) inclusive of green tea, black tea, coffee and other caffeine-containing beverages was associated with a higher risk of mental ill-health among females (OR = 1.26, 95% CI = 1.01–1.56).ConclusionsThe results provide population-based evidence on the consumption of brewed green tea in everyday life and mental health, together with information on consumption patterns of various beverages and lifestyles.

Studying the impact of built environments on human mental health in everyday life: methodological developments, state-of-the-art and technological frontiers

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 158-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Reichert ◽  
Urs Braun ◽  
Sven Lautenbach ◽  
Alexander Zipf ◽  
Ulrich Ebner-Priemer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Built Environments ◽  
The Impact
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