Los recursos psicológicos personales, resiliencia y autoeficacia, y su relación con el malestar psicológico en situaciones de desempleo

  1. María-Magdalena Fernández-Valera 1
  2. María-Isabel Soler-Sánchez 1
  3. Mariano García-Izquierdo 1
  4. Mariano Meseguer de Pedro 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

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    Geographic location of the organization Universidad de Murcia
Journal:
International Journal of Social Psychology, Revista de Psicología Social

ISSN: 0213-4748,  1579-3680

Year of publication: 2019

Volume: 34

Issue: 2

Pages: 341-353

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1080/02134748.2019.1583513 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

More publications in: International Journal of Social Psychology, Revista de Psicología Social

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Abstract

According to Hobfoll’s conservation of resources theory (1989), psychological resources such as resilience and self-efficacy could mediate the effects of unemployment on well-being. The objective of this study is to analyse the mediating role of self-efficacy and resilience on the relationship between the amount of time unemployed and psychological distress. A sample of unemployed persons from the Region of Murcia was used (N = 280). With a transversal design and using the macro PROCESS for SPSS (2013), a multiple mediation model is proposed which analyses the mediating role of psychological resources in relation to the amount of time unemployed and self-perceived health. The explained variance of this model is 23.79%. The results show that only self-efficacy partially mediates in the relationship between the two variables (β = .18, SD = 0.06, p < .01). The main contribution of this article is showing that personal psychological resources are an effective tool to cope with life stressors, such as, in this case, unemployment.

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