Committed to work but vulnerable: self-perceptions and mental health in NEET 18-year olds from a contemporary British cohort.

ABSTRACT:

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

SUBMITTER: Goldman-Mellor S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4789764 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature