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E-ISSN : 2733-4538
This study examined the relation between the hardiness and social support, and evaluated their relative importance in reducing the effect of job loss stress on the mental health. One hundred seventy eight unemployed subjects (126 male, 52 female) completed self-report measures of hardiness(PVI-II), social support, and SCL-90-R. Total score, commitment and control dimensions of hardiness were found to be significantly correlated with social support, whereas the challenge dimension of hardiness was not. The results of MANOVA indicated the main effect for hardiness of the unemployed on their mental health were statistically significant. Neither the main effect for social support nor the interaction of social support and hardiness were significant. In the univariate analysis, however, social support did have a significant effect on the most subscales of SCL-90-R. Significant effects in the univariate analysis were also found for the interaction of hardiness and social support on the several subscales of SCL-90-R. Finally, implications of the results, recommendations for further research, and limitations of this study were discussed.