Having a job you hate is as bad for your mental
health as being unemployed, Australian researchers have claimed. They say that people with poor working conditions
suffer just as much as those out of work.
And they weren’t just referring to a dusty factory
or dimly lit office, but psychological factors such as a demanding job, nasty
boss and poor job security. The researchers, from the Australian National
University, compared the mental health of British people who were unemployed
with those in jobs of differing ‘psychosocial quality’, as they called it.
The study’s author, associate professor Peter
Butterworth, said that people unhappy in their jobs were just as likely to have
mental health issues as those without a job at all.
Those in departments with high rates of promotion
were approximately 20 per cent less likely to develop heart disease than those
who weren’t. 'It’s largely down to a feeling of being in control
(or not),’ said Daryl O’Connor, professor of health psychology at the
University of Leeds.
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