STEP 3
RELEVANCE INFORMATION
The Coronavirus outbreak in 2019 made a big disturbance to the lives of millions people around the world. While a new economic crisis is expected, it has had a strongly major impact on the working climate. Following the outbreak of Covid-19 in Malaysia, there were severe restrictions and prohibitions that effectively affected the industries economy, especially small size companies. Many workers have been dismissed due to the complete economic downturn. The outcomes from the Movement Control Order (MCO) indicate that emotional appraisal of the job threats has a greater impact on distress because every change implies a lack of information and an unpredictable future. In recent decades, the concept of worries among those who lose their job has been extensively studied, where most studies show the importance of employment security for both worker anxiety and organizational health. Other studies highlight the particular effects that intolerance to uncertainty can have in explaining distress, especially during a pandemic. In addition, it has been regarded as a link between objective and subjective threats, and a possible moderator of their consequences for anxiety attacks. As a result, the studies found that not only experienced job loss, but also the expected job loss could increase anxiety, worry, depression and to reduce interest. Thus, a secure occupation was also associated with reduced levels of distress and was positively correlated with anxiety, life satisfaction, well-being and self-assessed physical health.
With the COVID-19 crisis sparking an economic downturn unlike what has been seen since the Great Recession, public health officials and economists expect citizens to face ongoing job uncertainty and stress, and psychological interventions will be essential to help people cope. The mental health effects of job loss today are likely, given that a large group of research shows that unemployment is linked to anxiety, depression and loss of life satisfaction, among other negative outcomes. Similarly, unemployment and job instability put pressure on those who do not count in total unemployment. Many of these people will need psychological support. In fact, research suggests that an informed approach to mental health not only helps, it is indispensable. Those most at risk for mental health challenges after job loss are those whose unemployment is an immediate threat to survival. People with fewer financial resources and those who feel more financial stress due to unemployment are less satisfied with their lives.
LITERATURE REVIEW
1. Hazwani (Anxiety Disorders)
2. Hana (Issue Effect)
The sudden and unexpected job loss has resulted in a significant decrease in the sources of support available to numerous families. "As the COVID pandemic recedes in 2021, we can expect that many people, at least several million who have lost jobs, will have developed financial and behavioral health problems and will need a combination of health and vocational supports. Now is the time to plan services for these people. We know how to help them find jobs–and we know that employment is itself an effective behavioral health intervention", (Drake & Wallach, 2020). Thus, the combination of a pandemic, unemployment, a behavioral crisis, and the decline in personal and community support has created a multidimensional catastrophe. To get back on their feet, people need security in their living such as food, shelter, income and social support, all of which come from employment. Work is the best anodyne for unemployment but also for behavioral health conditions, costly human services, and disability (Drake & Wallach, 2020).
A study by Montgomery et al. [11] showed that subjects who had recently become unemployed had an adjusted relative risk of 2.10 for depression and anxiety compared to those who had not recently become unemployed. The association between unemployment and poor health is well documented [2–6]. Unemployed people tend to have higher rates of mental health problems including depression, anxiety and stress, as well as higher rates of admission to psychiatric hospitals, chronic diseases (cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and musculoskeletal disorders) and premature mortality [2, 5–12]. Some longitudinal studies have shown that higher levels of anxiety and unemployment are not only correlated, but that higher levels of anxiety are a consequence of unemployment.
3. Edrian (Main Issue/ Problem)
The COVID-19 epidemic has heightened public health and mental health concerns (Galea S, Merchant RM, Lurie N, 2020). Similarly, there has been a tremendous increase in study into the effects of the coronavirus on psychological well-being. Because the consequences are complicated, dynamic, and continuing, ongoing study is essential to determine the scope of the problem and potential protective factors. Recognizing these concerns, the current study investigated whether mental toughness (MT) predicted mental health outcomes during the pandemic and if high levels of MT tempered (lowered) the possible negative psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes taking into account the repercussions of occupational insecurity (i.e., job insecurity and loss), which has been highlighted as a key cause of social and individual worry [e.g., (Mimoun E, Ben Ari A, Margalit D, 2020)]. Given the widespread economic impact of COVID-19, policymakers urgently want solid research to accurately assess the issue, identify affected people, and respond appropriately to the resulting emotional anguish.
A job is more than simply a source of income; it also offers a sense of confidence, self-esteem, and control. These findings are consistent with the interpersonal theory of suicide (Joiner, 2007), which states that a person's opinion of oneself as a burden on society, as well as a sense of belonging, contribute to mental pain. They perceived an unpredictable shift in their social standing, with unknown duration, giving them the impression that they had become a burden. This demographic is predisposed to self-harm and suicide (Dooley, Fielding, & Levi, 1996). Policymakers should encourage persons under quarantine to retain social interactions in order to alleviate emotional suffering (Luxton, June, & Comtois, 2013), increase the opportunity of communicating issues, and offer legitimacy (Raphael & Dohrenwend, 1987; Rotenberg, 1995). To lessen sentiments of stigmatization, feelings of normalcy and belonging should be enhanced (Joiner, Hollar, & Orden, 2006).
4. Thivvinesh (Types of Worries/ Causes of Unemployment Covid-19)
Low-income workers experienced more of these types of scenarios in their previous jobs. Many people have lost their jobs and sources of income as a result of the COVID-19 transmission. Many businesses were forced to close. As a result of the recession, almost 800,000 individuals have lost their jobs. This is because the Movement Control Order was imposed, making it impossible for the general public to work. The freedom of movement of people is restricted. The company had to close as well (Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan,2020), Israel. This is to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Movement Control Order was enacted by the government (MCO) on March 18 in response to an upsurge in the number of cases discovered by mid-March Businesses could not operate unless they were given permission by the MCO. In May, the MCO was replaced by the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO), which was followed by the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO), which allowed for more movement and economic activity. All economic sectors, with the exception of those on a negative list, have been given permission to reopen under the CMCO and RMCO, subject to COVID-19 standard operating criteria. The type of worries obtained are risks in anxiety, financial issues. In financial issues there are various kind which are food, rental and households’ issues (Hertz-Palmor N,2020).
5. Badriah (Intro of the plague)
The first known case of coronavirus disease was reported in China in December 2019. Malaysia Government take the action to do a Movement Control Order (MCO) on 18 March 2020. On 25 January 2020, Malaysia announced its first Covid-19 case in Malaysia (Profsten & Ahmad, 2021). After all the action by every countries among the world, Taiwan had the world’s best virus-prevention record by far with only 553 confirmed cases among 23 million citizens as at 31 October 2020, while the cumulative confirmed cases worldwide had reached 46.14 million with 1.20 million deaths (Wang & Ellis, 2020). In Malaysia, the Ministry of Health (MoH) played a crucial role in containing the spread of the virus. They conducted aggressive mass testing by tracing all the contacts of infected people and enforced health screening at all access points (Aziz et al., 2020; Shah et al., 2020).
IDEA OF POSSIBLE SOLUTION AND INFORMATIONS
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