Perceived Overqualification and Psychological Well-Being

The relationship between perceived overqualification and psychological well-being was explored within the framework of stress-illness models, using multiple regression analysis. Data were collected from 179 male and 109 female members of a local midwestern chapter of the American Postal Workers Unio...

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Published in:The Journal of social psychology 1996-08, Vol.136 (4), p.435-445
Main Authors: Johnson, Gloria Jones, Johnson, W. Roy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aged
Attitude surveys
Biological and medical sciences
Burnout, Professional - psychology
Career Change
Congruence (Psychology)
Cronbach's alpha
Depression (Psychology)
Education
Employment
Female
Gender differences
Humans
Hypotheses
Internal-External Control
Job Description
Male
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Mental Health
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Models, Psychological
Multiple Regression Analysis
Occupational Qualifications
Overqualification
Perceptions
Postal employees
Postal Service
Power (Psychology)
Psychological Distress
Psychological Stress
Psychological wellbeing
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Qualifications
Regression Analysis
Relationship
Response rates
Role Conflict
Sex Differences
Sex Factors
Skills
Social psychology
Status Inconsistency
Stress
Underemployment
Well Being
Women
Work environment
Workers
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Summary:The relationship between perceived overqualification and psychological well-being was explored within the framework of stress-illness models, using multiple regression analysis. Data were collected from 179 male and 109 female members of a local midwestern chapter of the American Postal Workers Union. As expected, there was a significant, positive relationship between perceived overqualification and psychological well-being: The greater the perceived overqualification, the greater the psychological distress. The interaction between perceived overqualification and gender was not significant.
ISSN:0022-4545
1940-1183
DOI:10.1080/00224545.1996.9714025