TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a Critical Community Psychological perspective on Unemployment and Mental Health Research
AU - Fryer, David
AU - Fagan, Rose
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = American Journal of Community Psychology. ISSNs: 0091-0562;
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Psychological research has established that unemployment causes widespread psychological distress and ill health in communities but, arguably, little of this research is truly community psychological. In this paper we sketch out a critical community psychological perspective and use it to contribute to understanding of the role of psychosocial aspects of income in the experience and mental health of employed and unemployed members of low-income families in a severely deprived community context; to the development of innovative participatory methodology, and to promote the interests of impoverished unemployed people through the research process as well as through the research outcome.
AB - Psychological research has established that unemployment causes widespread psychological distress and ill health in communities but, arguably, little of this research is truly community psychological. In this paper we sketch out a critical community psychological perspective and use it to contribute to understanding of the role of psychosocial aspects of income in the experience and mental health of employed and unemployed members of low-income families in a severely deprived community context; to the development of innovative participatory methodology, and to promote the interests of impoverished unemployed people through the research process as well as through the research outcome.
U2 - 10.1023/A:1025698924304
DO - 10.1023/A:1025698924304
M3 - Article
SN - 0091-0562
VL - 32
SP - 89
EP - 96
JO - American Journal of Community Psychology
JF - American Journal of Community Psychology
IS - 1/2
ER -
