Arbetslöshet, kön, coping och Typ A-beteende- En studie om arbetslösas och arbetandes livssituation.
The aim of this study was to compare unemployed and workers' life situation and the way they cope with different situations and to determine their degree of Type A. We used two different instruments: Friedman and Rosenman?s Type A-test and Carver?s cope test. The total number of respondents amounted to 169 participants. The participants were selected from a convenience sample at the employment service and from three different companies. Our hypotheses were that social support, Type A-behavior, age and education affect coping with unemployment or a difficult life situation. Our results confirmed the hypothesis partially. Women reported more social support than men, which affects how they are dealing with a difficult life situation. Unemployment and other difficult life situations are coped better with increasing age, and the use of problem-focused cope increases with higher education.