Author, as appears in the article.: Llosa JA; Agulló-Tomás E; Menéndez-Espina S; Rodríguez-Suárez J; Boada-Grau J

Department: Psicologia

URV's Author/s: Boada Grau, Joan

Keywords: Working por Validation Unemployment Scale Precarious work Precarious employment Poverty Mental health Market Job insecurity Families Crisis Consequences

Abstract: © 2019 Suranaree University of Technology. Working poor are people who, even working, are not able to escape from the risk of poverty threshold marked by the EU. It is an increasing situation in Europe, especially relevant in the south countries. For now, we still have very little academic literature about this phenomenon in the European context, and particularly in Spain. This study analyses the well-being and the mental health in a Spanish sample of 1.541 people (working poor, workers out of the risk of poverty, and unemployed). The results show that the mental health status is equal in working poor and in unemployed people, and it is worse than in the workers out of the risk of poverty. This situation requires to reappraise the value of work in all levels: as the main social inclusion tool; as a way to construct the identity; as a source of social support, and also as a guarantee of well-being and mental health.

Thematic Areas: Sociología Social sciences, interdisciplinary Social sciences (miscellaneous) Social sciences (all) Serviço social Saúde coletiva Psicología Multidisciplinar Letras / linguística Interdisciplinary research in the social sciences Interdisciplinar Historia General social sciences General o multidisciplinar Ensino Enfermagem Educação Direito Comunicação e informação Ciencias sociales Ciencias políticas y sociología Artes Administração, ciências contábeis e turismo Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 1578-8946

Author's mail: joan.boada@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-1907-6887

Record's date: 2023-02-19

Journal volume: 20

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://atheneadigital.net/article/view/v20-1-llosa-et-al

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Athenea Digital: Revista De Pensamiento E Investigacion Social. 20 (1): 1-24

APA: Llosa JA; Agulló-Tomás E; Menéndez-Espina S; Rodríguez-Suárez J; Boada-Grau J (2020). Job insecurity, mental health and social support in working poor. Athenea Digital: Revista De Pensamiento E Investigacion Social, 20(1), 1-24. DOI: 10.5565/rev/athenea.2178

Article's DOI: 10.5565/rev/athenea.2178

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2020

Publication Type: Journal Publications