Models of responsibility and depression in unemployed young males and females

Heubeck, Bernd G.; Tausch, Berndt; Mayer, Barbara A.

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“…The worsening of the unemployment situation is worth noting for two reasons. Second, we should note that adolescent unemployment is associated with a wide range of mental health problems (16). Second, we should note that adolescent unemployment is associated with a wide range of mental health problems (16).…”

Section: Severity Of Youth Unemploymentmentioning

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"Non-engaged" young people in Hong Kong: Key statistics and observations

Shek

Lee

2004

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

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This paper reports the key statistics and observations regarding "non-engaged" adolescents in Hong Kong, where "non-engaged" adolescents refer to unemployed young people and adolescents who do not pursue any further studies in the 15-24 year age bracket. Several phenomena could be highlighted from the available statistics on non-engaged young people in Hong Kong. First, there was a rise in adolescent unemployment figures, particularly in the 1990s. Second, youth unemployment rates for adolescents aged 15-24 years were higher than the overall unemployment rates for the general population. Third, while youth unemployment rates in Hong Kong were lower than those reported in some English-speaking countries, the figures were higher than those reported in Mainland China. Fourth, some demographic correlates of youth non-engagement were found: a) unemployment rates were relatively higher in younger adolescents than in older adolescents; b) the sex ratios (number of males per 1,000 females) in non-engaged young people were higher than those of young people in the general population; c) the educational attainment of non-engaged young people was lower than that of the same age group in the general population; d) new arrival status was not related to youth non-engagement. Fifth, some family correlates were also observed: a) compared with adolescents who were not non-engaged youths, there was higher proportion of non-engaged youths living with one parent; b) the educational attainment of parents of non-engaged youths and the family income of their families were lower than those of households without non-engaged youths.

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Section: Severity Of Youth Unemploymentmentioning

confidence: 97%

"Non-engaged" young people in Hong Kong: Key statistics and observations

Shek

Lee

2004

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

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“…self-blame, intrusive thoughts and wishful thinking, have been associated with anxiety/depression, as well as psychosomatic complaints and psychophysiological stress reactions (Brenner et al, 1983(Brenner et al, , 1988Hagströ m, 1988;Turner et al, 1991). However, it has been proposed that self-blame may be related to efforts to become re-employed (Heubeck et al, 1995). As with stress in general, coping with unemployment is influenced by the interaction between a variety of individual (e.g.…”

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Coping and emotional distress in a sample of Swedish unemployed

Grossi

1999

Scandinavian J Psychology

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The study investigated the associations between coping and symptoms of emotional distress within a sample of 166 unemployed men and women (mean age 40 +/- 10 years, range 22 to 63 years, 52% males). All variables were measured with a questionnaire comprising sociodemographic background, length of unemployment, financial strain, coping style ("Ways of Coping Checklist"), and emotional distress (Hopkins Symptom Check List-25). Emotional distress was positively related to financial strain and more common among younger subjects, divorced subjects and those with foreign background, but less frequent among subjects who had been unemployed for more than three years. After controlling for age, gender, education, foreign background, length of unemployment and financial strain, hierarchical regression analyses showed that emotion-focused coping, i.e. self-blame and wishful thinking, was positively related to emotional distress. Problem-focused coping and cognitive restructuring were negatively associated with emotional distress. Younger subjects and divorced subjects made frequent use of both emotion-focused and problem-focused coping. Female subject and subjects with mandatory school made frequent use of emotion focused coping, if exposed to high financial strain. Problem-focused coping was less frequent among subjects with a low education coupled with low financial strain. Cognitive restructuring was less common among subjects who had been unemployed for more than three years. Younger subjects who were also divorced made less use of both problem-focused coping and cognitive restructuring. The results confirm that coping style has importance for the mental health of the unemployed, and indicate a differential use of coping strategies among subjects with different sociodemographic backgrounds and different levels of financial strain.

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“…Evidence of gender differences in personal control orientations appears to be equivocal. While several studies of generalized control orientations have found that women exhibit lower levels of internal control than do men (e.g., Frenkel, 1995), studies of perceived control over specific domains such as physical well-being (Wallhagen, Strawbridge, Kaplan, & Cohen, 1994) and mental health (Heubeck, Tausch, & Mayer, 1995) yielded no significant gender differences in control orientations.…”

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Gender and Racial Correlates of Personal Control among Emotionally Disturbed Older Adults

Nemeroff

Midlarsky

2000

Int J Aging Hum Dev

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Black and white community-dwelling women and men over sixty-five years of age, all of whom had been referred for psychotherapy, were interviewed to determine their perceived control (internal vs. external) over the causes and solutions to their problems. Personal control orientations were found to vary both by race and by gender. Men perceived themselves as having more control over causes than did women, but women perceived themselves as having more control over solutions than did men. Blacks perceived themselves as more responsible both for causes and solutions than did whites. Of the four groups studied, white females saw themselves as having the least control over the causes of their problems, but those perceiving higher levels of control over causes were most depressed. White males saw themselves as having the least control over solutions, but those with higher levels of perceived control had lower levels of depressive symptomatology.

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Models of responsibility and depression in unemployed young males and females

Cited by 13 publications

References 52 publications

"Non-engaged" young people in Hong Kong: Key statistics and observations

"Non-engaged" young people in Hong Kong: Key statistics and observations

Coping and emotional distress in a sample of Swedish unemployed

Gender and Racial Correlates of Personal Control among Emotionally Disturbed Older Adults

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