Committed to work but vulnerable: self-perceptions and mental health in NEET 18-year olds from a contemporary British cohort / Sidra GOLDMAN-MELLOR in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 57-2 (February 2016)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 57-2 (February 2016) . - p.196-203 Titre : Committed to work but vulnerable: self-perceptions and mental health in NEET 18-year olds from a contemporary British cohort Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Sidra GOLDMAN-MELLOR, Auteur ; Avshalom CASPI, Auteur ; Louise ARSENEAULT, Auteur ; Nifemi AJALA, Auteur ; Antony AMBLER, Auteur ; Andrea DANESE, Auteur ; Helen FISHER, Auteur ; Abigail HUCKER, Auteur ; Candice ODGERS, Auteur ; Teresa WILLIAMS, Auteur ; Chloe WONG, Auteur ; Terrie E. MOFFITT, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.196-203 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Adolescence  depression  self-perceptions  employment  longitudinal studies  mental health Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Labour market disengagement among youths has lasting negative economic and social consequences, yet is poorly understood. We compared four types of work-related self-perceptions, as well as vulnerability to mental health and substance abuse problems, among youths not in education, employment or training (NEET) and among their peers. Methods Participants were from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) longitudinal study, a nationally representative UK cohort of 2,232 twins born in 1994–1995. We measured commitment to work, job-search effort, professional/technical skills, ‘soft’ skills (e.g. teamwork, decision-making, communication), optimism about getting ahead, and mental health and substance use disorders at age 18. We also examined childhood mental health. Results At age 18, 11.6% of participants were NEET. NEET participants reported themselves as committed to work and searching for jobs with greater diligence than their non-NEET peers. However, they reported fewer ‘soft’ skills (B = ?0.98, p < .001) and felt less optimistic about their likelihood of getting ahead in life (B = ?2.41, p < .001). NEET youths also had higher rates of concurrent mental health and substance abuse problems, but these did not explain the relationship with work-related self-perceptions. Nearly 60% of NEET (vs. 35% of non-NEET) youths had already experienced ?1 mental health problem in childhood/adolescence. Associations of NEET status with concurrent mental health problems were independent of pre-existing mental health vulnerability. Conclusions Our findings indicate that while NEET is clearly an economic and mental health issue, it does not appear to be a motivation issue. Alongside skills, work-related self-perceptions and mental health problems may be targets for intervention and service provision among this high-risk population. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12459 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=280 [article] Committed to work but vulnerable: self-perceptions and mental health in NEET 18-year olds from a contemporary British cohort [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Sidra GOLDMAN-MELLOR, Auteur ; Avshalom CASPI, Auteur ; Louise ARSENEAULT, Auteur ; Nifemi AJALA, Auteur ; Antony AMBLER, Auteur ; Andrea DANESE, Auteur ; Helen FISHER, Auteur ; Abigail HUCKER, Auteur ; Candice ODGERS, Auteur ; Teresa WILLIAMS, Auteur ; Chloe WONG, Auteur ; Terrie E. MOFFITT, Auteur . - p.196-203. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 57-2 (February 2016) . - p.196-203 Mots-clés : Adolescence  depression  self-perceptions  employment  longitudinal studies  mental health Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Labour market disengagement among youths has lasting negative economic and social consequences, yet is poorly understood. We compared four types of work-related self-perceptions, as well as vulnerability to mental health and substance abuse problems, among youths not in education, employment or training (NEET) and among their peers. Methods Participants were from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) longitudinal study, a nationally representative UK cohort of 2,232 twins born in 1994–1995. We measured commitment to work, job-search effort, professional/technical skills, ‘soft’ skills (e.g. teamwork, decision-making, communication), optimism about getting ahead, and mental health and substance use disorders at age 18. We also examined childhood mental health. Results At age 18, 11.6% of participants were NEET. NEET participants reported themselves as committed to work and searching for jobs with greater diligence than their non-NEET peers. However, they reported fewer ‘soft’ skills (B = ?0.98, p < .001) and felt less optimistic about their likelihood of getting ahead in life (B = ?2.41, p < .001). NEET youths also had higher rates of concurrent mental health and substance abuse problems, but these did not explain the relationship with work-related self-perceptions. Nearly 60% of NEET (vs. 35% of non-NEET) youths had already experienced ?1 mental health problem in childhood/adolescence. Associations of NEET status with concurrent mental health problems were independent of pre-existing mental health vulnerability. Conclusions Our findings indicate that while NEET is clearly an economic and mental health issue, it does not appear to be a motivation issue. Alongside skills, work-related self-perceptions and mental health problems may be targets for intervention and service provision among this high-risk population. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12459 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=280

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