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This paper characterizes the link between ambient temperatures and a broad set of mental health outcomes. We find that … health. Specifically, cold temperatures reduce negative mental health outcomes while hot temperatures increase them. Our … conditioning penetration rates, accessibility of mental health services, and other factors. The character of the results suggests …
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We analyze the effect of job insecurity on psychological health. We extend the group of people being affected to … employees who have insecure jobs to account for a broader measure of the mental health consequences of potential unemployment … fear of unemployment substantially decreases the mental health status of employees. Quantile regression results yield …
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In this study, using panel data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we investigate the … mental health. Fixed-effects models indicate that, overall, retiring reduces retirees' depression. When instrumental … variables are specified in the model, retirement is shown to have small, unstable impacts on mental health. Notably, adults who …
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One's Subjective Well-Being (SWB) is influenced by an array of both external and internal factors, and personality factors have an important role. The current study explores the SWB of nurses in relation to their personality. The objective was to determine the nature of personality orientations...
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In Greece, given the precarious nature of the sex work industry, sex workers health and wellbeing is of concern …. However, relevant research remains limited. This study examined whether sex workers' self-reported physical and mental health … recession began) and in 2013 and 2019 (i.e. at time points during the recession). Self-reported physical and mental health …
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In Greece, given the precarious nature of the sex work industry, sex workers health and wellbeing is of concern …. However, relevant research remains limited. This study examined whether sex workers' self-reported physical and mental health … recession began) and in 2013 and 2019 (i.e. at time points during the recession). Self-reported physical and mental health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612637
One in every six U.S. adults suffers from mental health problems. Mental illnesses, as measured in disability …% increase in service coverage for severe mental disorder", suggested by the World Health Assembly by the year 2020 for the WHO … Member states, examining alternative behavioral changes to reduce mental health problems are worth examining. Using the …
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This paper estimates the effect of informal care provision on female caregiver's health. We use data from the German … care provision on mental health which fades out over time. Five years after care provision there are no significant effects … left. Both short- and medium-term effects on physical health are much smaller and insignificant throughout. …
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Adverse health conditions have the potential to financially cripple American households. This report reviews the large … literature that considers the ways in which health-both physical and mental-impacts household finances. The review largely … includes studies with U.S. populations and spans many disciplines: economics, public health, law, medicine, psychology, public …
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The growing number of older adults due to the demographic transition has brought about a complex change in health and …. Little is known about the relationship between social participation, functional health, and depression in the older adult … respondents from India aged 50 and above. The results revealed that considering functional health (WHODAS) as a mediator, it is …
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