The impact of part time employment on students' health and academic performance: a Scottish perspective

Carney, Claire; McNeish, Sharon; McColl, John H.

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“…Debt was found to be related to higher scores on the SF-36, a measure of both physical and mental health by four studies (Carney, McNeish, & McColl, 2005;Jessop, et al, 2005;Roberts, et al, 2000;Roberts, et al, 1999), and higher scores on the GHQ, a measure of global mental health (Roberts, et al, 2000;Roberts, et al, 1999). However Ross, et al (2006) found that those with higher GHQ scores had lower debts.…”

Section: Studies With Studentsmentioning

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The relationship between personal unsecured debt and mental and physical health: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Richardson

Elliott

Roberts

2013

Clinical Psychology Review

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This paper systematically reviews the relationship between personal unsecured debt and health. Psychinfo, Embase and Medline were searched and 52 papers were accepted. A hand and citedby search produced an additional 13 references leading to 65 papers in total. Panel surveys, nationally representative epidemiological surveys and psychological autopsy studies have examined the relationship, as have studies on specific populations such as university students, debt management clients and older adults. Most studies examined relationships with mental health and depression in particular. Studies of physical health have also shown a relationship with self-rated health and outcomes such as obesity. There is also a strong relationship with suicide completion, and relationships with drug and alcohol abuse. The majority of studies found that more severe debt is related to worse health; however causality is hard to establish. A meta-analysis of pooled odds ratios showed a significant relationship between debt and mental disorder (OR=3.24), depression (OR=2.77), suicide completion (OR=7.9), suicide completion or attempt (OR=5.76), problem drinking (OR=2.68), drug dependence (OR=8.57), neurotic disorder (OR=3.21) and psychotic disorders (OR=4.03). There was no significant relationship with smoking (OR=1.35, p>.05). Future longitudinal research is needed to determine causality and establish potential mechanisms and mediators of the relationship.Dr Bellack, Please find attached a response to the reviewer's comments and an amended manuscript. We hope that these changes address the concerns raised, and the paper can now be accepted for -This relationship is especially strong for mental health in particular depression.-There are also relationships with substance use and suicide.-Research suffers from inconsistent use of standardised measures.-A lack of longitudinal studies makes it difficult to demonstrate causality. *Highlights (for review)We would like to thank the reviewer for their detailed comments. In relation to these we have made the following changes, which have all been marked in the main manuscript via track changes:-We have now clarified in the title, abstract, introduction, discussion and highlights that this examines personal unsecured debt specifically.-In the Method, Search Procedure we have changed "Classes" into "Classed" -In Appendix B (Characteristics of Panel Surveys) we have added "years" to 4-6. The formatting of the tables meant that some words were cut off: this has now been corrected for all the tables.-Page 17, fifth line of first paragraph, "self-related" has been changed to "self-rated." -Page 19, second paragraph, a new paragraph has been started after the line beginning "The advantage." -Page 20, first line of second paragraph, "somewhat unclear" has been changed to "unclear".-Page 21, second paragraph, the first line has been amended to specify about "personal, unsecured debt".-Page 5: more detail has been added to justify why studies on secured loans and mortgage debt were excluded.-Resul...

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Section: Studies With Studentsmentioning

confidence: 91%

The relationship between personal unsecured debt and mental and physical health: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Richardson

Elliott

Roberts

2013

Clinical Psychology Review

343

278

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“…Harrison & Chudry (2011) noted that student indebtedness has coincided with the growth of part-time working, while Carney et al (2005) found that being in debt and working part time have a very slight, albeit significant, detrimental effect on both mental and physical health of students. More significant is their finding that students, who felt that part-time working had affected their academic performance, generally worked more hours.…”

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“…Even though studies in the US have tended to focus on the part-time working activities of High School students (see for example Holloway, 2001), the work of O'Connor and Cordova (2010) provides a useful analysis of graduate school students who concurrently work. Notwithstanding a recognition that patterns of students' working may differ internationally, this paper builds on the existing volume of work regarding students' part-time working in the UK (see for example, Carney et al, 2005;Curtis & Shani, 2002;Richardson et al, 2009;Watts, 2002).…”

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Flexibility, compromise and opportunity: Students' perceptions of balancing part-time work with a full-time business degree

Evans

Gbadamosi

Richardson

2014

The International Journal of Management Education

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Amidst the growing importance of employability in higher education, this study explores and identifies the motivations behind full-time university students engaging in part-time employment during term time, how students cope with simultaneously managing the two activities and how part-time working influences their career aspirations. Semi-structured interviews are used to obtain data from a sample of 30 business degree students at a UK university.The findings confirm previous studies, that financial necessity is a primary driver of parttime work, but also reveal a complex set of supplementary reasons, that either satisfies a long-term vision, or a more immediate need for development or self-gratification. Furthermore, most students compromise the longer term benefit of study against the more immediate financial gains offered by work, resulting in an accepted lowering of academic performance as a consequence. The majority of the students did not see a connecting opportunity between their part-time work and future career, and were uncertain regarding future career direction.This study extends the use of qualitative methods in this area, which is dominated by survey research, while also extending extant findings to the career aspirations of students, which is hitherto largely unexplored.

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“…A number of writers (Stradling 2001;Cooke et al 2004;Carney, McNeish and McColl 2005;Jessop, Herberts and Solomon 2005;Johnson et al 2009) have highlighted the mental health consequences of student indebtedness. They found that financial concerns are associated with anxiety and depression, possibly exacerbated by a perceived need to work while studying, especially among working class students (Moreau and Leathwood 2006).…”

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Towards a typology of debt attitudes among contemporary young UK undergraduates

Harrison

Chudry

Waller

et al. 2013

Journal of Further and Higher Education

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The impact of part time employment on students' health and academic performance: a Scottish perspective

Cited by 106 publications

References 8 publications

The relationship between personal unsecured debt and mental and physical health: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The relationship between personal unsecured debt and mental and physical health: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Flexibility, compromise and opportunity: Students' perceptions of balancing part-time work with a full-time business degree

Towards a typology of debt attitudes among contemporary young UK undergraduates

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