Testing the incongruence model with longitudinal data: How employment status preferences affect mental health over time

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Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology Pub Date : 2024-11-24 DOI:10.1111/joop.12562

Karsten Ingmar Paul, Andrea Zechmann, Monika Mlynek, Barbara Stiglbauer, Bernad Batinic, Klaus Moser, Eva Selenko

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According to the incongruence model, unemployed people experience incongruence between their actual as compared to their desired employment status, which is an important source of distress. In contrast to other theories, this model is able to explain why unemployed people feel worse not only compared to employed people but also compared to people in other life situations, such as students, homemakers and retirees, who are assumed to experience low levels of incongruence. The current study analysed two longitudinal samples (n = 1066 and n = 1036 at T1) that were followed over 2.5 and 1.5 years, with six and five measurement points, respectively. The results show that (1) unemployed people who found new jobs experienced a reduction in their incongruence levels; (2) changes in incongruence were associated with changes in mental health; (3) changes in incongruence mediated the effects of changes in employment status on mental health. In addition, (4) mental health changes associated with other employment status changes such as entering (or leaving) the labour force (i.e., becoming a student, homemaker or retiree) were also mediated by changes in incongruence levels. Furthermore, the effects remained stable when the influence of the latent and manifest functions of employment was controlled.

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用纵向数据检验不一致模型：就业状况偏好如何随着时间的推移影响心理健康

根据不一致模型，失业人员的实际就业状况与期望就业状况之间存在不一致，这是痛苦的重要来源。与其他理论相比，这个模型能够解释为什么失业的人不仅比在职的人感觉更糟，而且比处于其他生活状态的人感觉更糟，比如学生、家庭主妇和退休人员，这些人被认为经历的不一致程度较低。目前的研究分析了两个纵向样本（T1时n = 1066和n = 1036），分别有6个和5个测量点，随访时间为2.5年和1.5年。结果表明：(1)失业人员找到新工作后，其不一致程度有所降低；(2)不一致性的变化与心理健康的变化相关；(3)不一致性的变化介导了就业状况变化对心理健康的影响。此外，(4)与其他就业状态变化(如进入（或离开）劳动力（即成为学生、家庭主妇或退休人员）相关的心理健康变化也通过不一致水平的变化来调节。在控制就业隐性功能和显性功能的影响下，其效应保持稳定。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology aims to increase understanding of people and organisations at work including: - industrial, organizational, work, vocational and personnel psychology - behavioural and cognitive aspects of industrial relations - ergonomics and human factors Innovative or interdisciplinary approaches with a psychological emphasis are particularly welcome. So are papers which develop the links between occupational/organisational psychology and other areas of the discipline, such as social and cognitive psychology.