The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of unemployment stress for the unemployed early adults, and to examine variables explaining their stress among the perception of unemployment and the coping resources(personal, family and social resources). The subjects were 584 young people who were out of jobs and searched for jobs through on-line portal sites. The results of this study were as follows; First, the unemployed youth reported a medium level of stress, and perceived their unemployment positively. They also reported a high level of the self-esteem, family adaptation, family cohesion and social support and an adjacent level of the internal and external locus of control. Second, there were significant gender differences in internal locus of control, social support and emotional support. The scores of unemployed female youth were higher than those of unemployed male youth. Third, the stress for unemployed early youth was significantly explained by the perception of unemployment, self-esteem, external locus of control. For unemployed male youth, their stress was significantly explained by the family cohesion and emotional support. For unemployed female youth, their stress was significantly explained by the family adaptation.