Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences of changes in psychological well-being between employment status(unemployment vs. temporary employment vs. permanent employment). For this study, 434 participants experienced intervention program, `Achievement` for unemployed people were surveyed three times before and after the program and asked to respond the follow-up questionnaires measuring psychological well-being. The main results were as follows: 1) There was no difference between the unemployed and the reemployed in negative emotion(anxiety, depression, hostility) and self-evaluation(self-esteem and jobseeking self-efficacy) level: 2) The temporary employees were higher in level of anxiety and depression than the permanent employees. In addition to that, the temporary employees were lower in level of self-esteem and jobseeking self-efficacy than the permanent employee and even the unemployed: 3) The results also suggested that for the males the unemployed experienced much more anxiety than the permanent employees, but for the females the temporary employees experienced much more depression than the permanent employees and the unemployed. The findings are discussed in terms of the implications for further research.