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Psychological Symptoms among Workers Employed in Companies Undergoing Privatization in Postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina
Esmina Avdibegović
Mevludin Hasanović
Medin Hodžić
Zihnet Selimbašić
Sažetak
In Central and Eastern European countries, after abandoning communism, significant political, economic and social
changes occurred, followed by the increase in income inequality and social disparity. The goal of this study was to examine
the relationship between psychological symptoms and monthly income of employees in companies undergoing privatization.
The study included 258 workers from seven companies undergoing privatization in the Tuzla Canton region. For
the study purposes, the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and a general questionnaire with questions about socio-demographic
characteristics, income, and workplace, were used. Monthly income of the majority of workers (207 or 80.2%)
was below the monthly income in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Workers with salaries below the average salary for Bosnia
and Herzegovina have pronounced somatization, anxiety, paranoia, interpersonal sensitivity and hostility. The BSI scale
yielded significant negative correlation between the level of monthly salary and the expression of psychological symptoms
(r=–0.184, p=0.002) and between the level of family income and the expression of psychological symptoms (r=–0.123,
p=0.024). Based on the study results, it was determined that socio-economic factors such as the level of salary and total
family income and job insecurity, educational level, marital status and gender may be predictors of psychological symptoms.
Ključne riječi
psychological symptoms; mental health; socio-economic factors; low-income employees; poverty
Hrčak ID:
75598
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Datum izdavanja:
30.12.2011.
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