| Document ID (ISN) | 111936 |
| CIS number |
11-0599 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0730-8884 - Work and Occupations |
| Year |
2002 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Mortimer J.T., Harley C., Staff J. |
| Title |
The quality of work and youth mental health |
| Bibliographic information |
May 2002, Vol.29, No.2, p.166-197. 49 ref. |
| Abstract |
Part-time work may place adolescents at risk because it confronts them with stressors for which they are unprepared and limits participation in more developmentally beneficial activities. However, if working signifies progress in moving toward adulthood, it could promote psychological well-being. Although the controversy surrounding teenage work is focused on employment status and intensity, research on adults indicates that it is the quality of work experience that matters for psychological functioning. This research examines key features of work experience and adolescents' depressive affect and well-being, including both selection and socialization processes. Based on data from the St. Paul Youth Development Study, the analysis indicates that the quality of high school work experience does have significant contemporaneous consequences for the mental states of young people but has little effect on their long-term mental health. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
conditions of work; psychology of work organization; mental health; young persons; stress factors |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; questionnaire survey; cohort study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Young workers
Psychology of work organization
Mental health
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