caa a22 4500 388025344 CHVBK 20180307124936.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1998 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0257543400000821 doi S0257543400000821 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0257543400000821 Ability levels, mental health, and attitudes-to-work of the chronic long-term unemployed [Elektronische Daten] An emerging unemployment issue has been the growing number of job seekers who have been out of work for very long periods of time. Those who have been unemployed for 5 years or more, the chronic long-term unemployed (CLTU), are the subject of this research. This paper reports on the results of an assessment of 47 CLTU job seekers undertaken as part of a strategy aimed at identifying needs and generating return-to-work strategies for this group. Variables investigated were general ability (Standard Progressive Matrices, de Lemos, 1989), literacy (ACER Applied Reading Test, van den Berg & Woff, 1990), mental health (General Health Questionnaire, Goldberg, 1978; Symptom Checklist-90-R, Derogatis, 1983; State of Anxiety and Depression Scale, Bedford, Foulds & Sheffield, 1976) and work commitment. The CLTU differed from the general population on intellectual and reading ability by being over-represented in the lower ranges. The group reported mental health levels poorer than non-patient normative samples, but above levels of psychiatric in- or out-patients. Despite this, the CLTU reported high levels of work commitment. These initial findings point to the special needs of the CLTU. Implications for policy makers and those working with the unemployed are highlighted. Copyright © Massey University - Treat as syndics title 1998 Creed Peter A. School of Applied Psychology Griffith University Poulton Meaghan A. Centre for Development and Training Queensland Health South Pacific Journal of Psychology Cambridge University Press 10/2(1998), 1-14 0257-5434 10:2<1 1998 10 SPP https://doi.org/10.1017/S0257543400000821 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0257543400000821 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Creed Peter A. School of Applied Psychology Griffith University NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Poulton Meaghan A. Centre for Development and Training Queensland Health NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- South Pacific Journal of Psychology Cambridge University Press 10/2(1998), 1-14 0257-5434 10:2<1 1998 10 SPP CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge