Agnieszka Kowalik, Beata Pawłowska, Aniela Płotka NEUROTIC SYMPTOMS DISPLAYED BY UNEMPLOYED Unemployment being an economic and social phenomenon means that a larger or smaller number of people capable of work and ready to take up  a job cannot find employment. At present the number of unemployed in Poland is growing steadily. The loss of employment causes negative psychosocial effects and is closely related to various emotional disorders. The objective of this article was the verification of the hypothesis suggesting much sharper intensification of given neurotic symptoms displayed by unemployed in comparison to working people. A group of 59 unemployed (32 women and 27 men) and a group of 56 currently working persons (27 women and 29 men) were tested. All unemployed tested were registered in State Employment Agency in Zamość. The average age of the subjects (both unemployed and working) was 36. Among the unemployed 32% had primary education, 53% – secondary education and 15% – higher education. 76% of the unemployed remained without a job for 1 to 3 years, 17% from 4 to 7 years and 7% were unemployed from 8 to 10 years. 25% of the unemployed were single, 61% married and 14% were divorced or separated. The subjects were tested with the Environmental Survey and the Symptomatic Questionnaire “S II” of Neurotic Disorders of Aleksandrowicz. The results received in the test in the scales of Symptomatic Questionnaire were compared by means of the t-Student test, allowing for sex difference. On the basis of the results the fooling conclusions have been put forward: 1.   The unemployed are characterized by significantly greater intensification of neurotic symptoms than working people. 2.   Unemployed men show significantly greater intensification of symptoms such as dystymia, anxiety disorders than working men. 3.   Unemployed women display significantly greater intensification of symptoms such as somatic and hypochondriac disorders than working women. Key words: neurotic symptoms, unemployed

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