Psychological Outcomes of Unemployment in Young People in Georgia

Mariam Gogitashvili ()
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Mariam Gogitashvili: Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

No 6409392, Proceedings of International Academic Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: Unemployment has a negative impact on people?s everyday lives. This study examined psychological outcomes of long-term unemployment on young people in Georgia who have already completed their initial education (vocational or higher). In this research 108 young people aged 18-29 were interviewed. The unemployed participants reported a high level of learned helplessness, which was related to the different types of stress coping strategies. This study also identified the high level of well-being associated with emotional oriented stress coping, high level of learned helplessness and the passive attempt to get a job, which also was predicted. The study results suggested that young people who already have got bachelor?s degree still consider themselves as not educated enough for employment. They use self-distraction coping strategy and prefer to attend seminars, training courses to increase their level of education instead of attempting to get a job. The results also showed that relationship between active coping and life satisfaction was positive as well as a denial and low level of well-being scale. Overall, people who have never been employed have better results of life-satisfaction scale than those people who lost their jobs.

Keywords: Unemployment; well-being; life satisfaction; learned helplessness; stress coping strategies. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 J64 Y80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 1 page
Date: 2018-06
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 35th International Academic Conference, Barcelona, Jun 2018, pages 60-60

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