PERCEIVED OVERQUALIFICATION, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND HEALTH

In the present study, we examined the effects of perceived overqualifi cation on health and the moderating effect of emotional support. Explo ratory and confirmatory factor analyses found 2 indicators of perceive d overqualification: ''mismatch'' and ''no-grow.'' Perceived mismatch had a significant negative effect on health but perceived no-grow did not. The main effect revealed that the greater the perceived emotional support, the greater the health. Thr significant interaction of perce ived emotional support and mismatch, and perceived emotional support a nd no-grew on health indicates that the negative effects of overqualif ication on health was greater for those perceiving low emotional suppo rt than for those perceiving high emotional support. The significance of social support in illuminating the relationship between perceived o verqualification and health are discussed.