The coronavirus pandemic resulted in national lockdown orders, followed by employment changes to reduce labor costs. We assess how health varied for hospitality workers due to the lockdown (i.e., comparing health a month before to a month after), employment change (i.e., comparing those with loss vs. no change), and employee response (i.e., more job threat vs. more personal recovery). Comparing pre- and post-lockdown surveys of 137 U.S. and U.K. hospitality employees, psychological health (i.e., negative and positive affect) worsened but physical health (i.e., symptoms and sleep) improved. We proposed those facing work loss (66% had reduced hours, furloughs, or layoffs) had more job threat but also more personal recovery (i.e., relaxation, mastery, exercise), resulting in opposing pathways to health. Results from a path analysis showed that work loss indirectly linked to higher psychological distress due to job threat, but to lower distress and fewer physical symptoms due to relaxation. Regardless of work loss, mastery (e.g., hobbies) was related to immediate changes in positive affect and sleep, while exercise did not have short-term health benefits. Further, recovery benefits from work loss were short-lived; only job threat carried the effect to psychological distress 2 months later. We offer quotes from the hospitality workers to contextualize the blessing and curse of work loss during the lockdown for these particularly vulnerable employees. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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“福与祸”：冠状病毒封锁期间的工作损失通过威胁和恢复而导致短期健康变化。


冠状病毒大流行导致全国封锁令，随后发生就业变化以降低劳动力成本。我们评估酒店工作人员的健康状况因封锁（即比较前一个月和后一个月的健康状况）、就业变化（即比较有损失的员工与没有变化的员工）以及员工的反应（即更多的工作威胁）而发生的健康变化与更多的个人恢复）。比较对 137 名美国和英国酒店员工的封锁前后调查发现，心理健康（即负面和正面影响）恶化，但身体健康（即症状和睡眠）有所改善。我们提出，那些面临失业的人（66% 的工作时间减少、休假或裁员）面临更多的工作威胁，但也有更多的个人恢复（即放松、掌握、锻炼），从而导致健康之路相反。路径分析的结果表明，工作损失与工作威胁导致的较高心理压力间接相关，但与放松导致的较低压力和较少身体症状相关。无论工作损失如何，掌握（例如爱好）都与积极情绪和睡眠的直接变化有关，而运动并没有短期的健康益处。此外，失业带来的恢复好处是短暂的；仅工作威胁就会在两个月后造成心理困扰。我们提供了酒店工作人员的名言，以说明这些特别脆弱的员工在封锁期间失去工作的福与祸。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2021 APA，保留所有权利）。