Ulla Rantakeisu
Karlstad University
27 Papers
154 Citations
Ulla Rantakeisu is an academic researcher from Karlstad University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Unemployment & Social work. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 27 publications. Previous affiliations of Ulla Rantakeisu include University of Gothenburg.
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Papers
Financial Hardship and Shame: A Tentative Model to Understand the Social and Health Effects of Unemployment
TL;DR: In this article, a tentative model to understand the social and health effects of unemployment is proposed. But the model is limited to the US and it is not suitable for the UK.
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BMI and psychological distress in 68, 000 Swedish adults: a weak association when controlling for an age-gender combination
TL;DR: It is suggested that future obesity research focusing on psychological distress could investigate the role of stigma and norm susceptibility in relationships where people are evaluated through the eyes of the other.
Unemployment, shame and ill health — an exploratory study
Ulla Rantakeisu,Bengt Starrin,Curt Hagquist +2 more
- 01 Jan 1997
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the degree of shaming elements experienced by unemployed young people in their social environment and in respect of mental ill health and found that a greater proportion of those who live in a more shaming environment show mental disorders, deteriorated health, changes in living habits, activities and social relations than do those living in a less shaming environment.
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Unemployment and mental health among white-collar workers - a question of work involvement and financial situation?
Ulla Rantakeisu,L R Jönsson +1 more
TL;DR: Unemployment and mental health among white-collar workers -a question of work involvement and financial situation as discussed by the authors, is a question of the work involvement of workers and their financial situation.
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Sense of coherence during unemployment
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relation between different forms of hardship during unemployment and the sense of coherence (SOC) in a cross-sectional survey of 1,249 unemployed people in a region in southern Sweden who at the time of the survey were engaged in some form of labour-market training or workfare programme.
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