RESEARCH QUESTION NUMBER 1: What is the psychological impact of unemployment to individuals?

(Psychological Impact)

QUESTION PARTICIPANT Code ANSWER REASON/IMPLICATION RRL

AGREE DISAGREE
1. What are your 1 (John ) Feeling I was, I wasn’t part of society, I Participant 1 described Galang(2012)---------------- Lasca(2012)-------------
main feelings and worthless was embarrassed to say I was how he was left
emotions unemployed, I was even hiding feeling worthless…
associated with from people I knew
having to adapt to that obviously they would know
unemployment? and cop on. Emotionally I felt
very low,

2 (peter) , I did not want them to know

that I was unemployed. I just
kept saying that I was on holiday
every time I
bumped into anyone, but I knew
that I could not keep getting
away with that,

3 (Matthew) I
would have thought about
suicide maybe but I had to think
of my family then aswell
you know, those are the people
that you are going to leave
behind you
know. It did not look good.
2. Do you think that 1 (John ) Feeling I was feeling worthless, I wasn’t
there is a link between worthless part of society, I was
your feelings of embarrassed to say I was
emotional wellbeing unemployed, I was even hiding
and unemployment? from people I knew
that obviously they would know
and cop on. Emotionally I felt
very low,

2 (peter) , I did not want them to know

that I was unemployed. I just
kept saying that I was on holiday
every time I
bumped into anyone, but I knew
that I could not keep getting
away with that,

3 (Matthew) I
would have thought about
suicide maybe but I had to think
of my family then aswell
you know, those are the people
that you are going to leave
behind you
know. It did not look good.
3. Do you think that 1 (John ) Feeling I was feeling worthless, I wasn’t
there is a link between worthless part of society, I was
your feelings of embarrassed to say I was
emotional wellbeing unemployed, I was even hiding
and unemployment? from people I knew
that obviously they would know
and cop on. Emotionally I felt
very low,
 2 (peter) , I did not want them to know
that I was unemployed. I just
kept saying that I was on holiday
every time I
bumped into anyone, but I knew
that I could not keep getting
away with that,

3 (Matthew) I
would have thought about
suicide maybe but I had to think
of my family then aswell
you know, those are the people
that you are going to leave
behind you
know. It did not look good.
4. Do you think that 1 (John ) Feeling I was feeling worthless, I wasn’t
there is a link between worthless part of society, I was
your feelings of embarrassed to say I was
emotional wellbeing unemployed, I was even hiding
and unemployment? from people I knew
that obviously they would know
and cop on. Emotionally I felt
very low,

2 (peter) , I did not want them to know

that I was unemployed. I just
kept saying that I was on holiday
every time I
bumped into anyone, but I knew
that I could not keep getting
away with that,
 3 (Matthew) I
would have thought about
suicide maybe but I had to think
of my family then aswell
you know, those are the people
that you are going to leave
behind you
know. It did not look good.
5.Do you think that 1 (John ) Feeling I was feeling worthless, I wasn’t
there is a link between worthless part of society, I was
your feelings of embarrassed to say I was
emotional wellbeing unemployed, I was even hiding
and unemployment? from people I knew
that obviously they would know
and cop on. Emotionally I felt
very low,

2 (peter) , I did not want them to know

that I was unemployed. I just
kept saying that I was on holiday
every time I
bumped into anyone, but I knew
that I could not keep getting
away with that,

3 (Matthew) I
would have thought about
suicide maybe but I had to think
of my family then aswell
you know, those are the people
that you are going to leave
behind you
know. It did not look good.