Understanding the differential benefits of training for the unemployed
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Article Title | Understanding the differential benefits of training for the unemployed |
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ERA Journal ID | 6116 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Machin, M. Anthony (Author) and Creed, Peter A. (Author) |
Journal Title | Australian Journal of Psychology |
Journal Citation | 55 (2), pp. 104-113 |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2003 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
ISSN | 0004-9530 |
1742-9536 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/00049530412331312964 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~content=a713740434~fulltext=713240930 |
Abstract | [Abstract]: This study examined the connection between background variables (such as length of unemployment and number of previous training courses), contextual variables (perceptions of training climate), dispositional variables (positive affect and negative affect), and psychological outcomes for unemployed trainees who attended either a five week occupational skills training program (control group) or the same five week program with an additional two day intervention before the start of the program (treatment group). The trainees in both the treatment and control conditions were found to reduce their levels of psychological distress over the course of a five-week training program. Trainees in the treatment condition who started with the lowest levels of general self-efficacy and the highest levels of psychological distress showed the greatest improvements at time 2 (T2). The measures of length of unemployment, number of previous training courses, and the perceptions of the training climate (with one exception) did not account for any unique variance in either of the well-being measures at time 3 (T3). Positive and negative affect (PA and NA respectively) accounted for 30% of the variance in initial levels of general self-efficacy and 43% of the variance in initial levels of psychological distress. However, PA and NA measured at T1 did not account for any unique variance in the T3 levels of general self-efficacy and psychological distress, after the initial levels of each of the variables were controlled. It was concluded that components of dispositional affect are the main influence on how individuals perceive stimuli in the environment and subsequently regulate their emotional response. |
Keywords | unemployment; well-being; self-efficacy; training climate; positive affect; negative affect; positive effect; negative effect |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520104. Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors) |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Psychology |
Griffith University |
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