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The effect of precarious employment on suicidal ideation: A serial mediation model with contractual temporality and job insecurity

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  • José Antonio Llosa
  • Enrique Iglesias-Martínez

    (University of Oviedo (P. Ossó Faculty), Spain)

  • Esteban Agulló-Tomás

    (University of Oviedo (Faculty of Psychology), Spain)

  • Sara Menéndez-Espina
  • Beatriz Oliveros

    (University of Oviedo (P. Ossó Faculty), Spain)

Abstract

Suicidal ideation is a variable prior to suicidal behaviour and one of the main producers of risk of death by suicide. The sample consisted of a total of 1,288 people living in Spain who at the time of answering the questionnaire were in active employment. Contractual status is a significant variable for the prediction of suicidal ideation. Contractual temporality is a risk factor for suicidal ideation, whereas permanent employment is a protective factor. In suicidal ideation, job insecurity is a mediating risk factor and a key dimension of job precariousness because of the adverse effects on mental health it causes. Job insecurity interacts with objective causes of precariousness and is presented as a necessary variable for understanding the relationship between these material causes and suicidal thoughts.

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  • José Antonio Llosa & Enrique Iglesias-Martínez & Esteban Agulló-Tomás & Sara Menéndez-Espina & Beatriz Oliveros, 2025. "The effect of precarious employment on suicidal ideation: A serial mediation model with contractual temporality and job insecurity," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 46(1), pages 239-255, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:46:y:2025:i:1:p:239-255
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X241240616
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