Social Support, Coping Strategies and Psychological Well-being among Young People Awaiting Employment

Cazals, Marie-Pierre; Almudever, Brigitte; Fraccaroli, Franco

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“…Consistent with previous studies (e.g. Wanberg, 2012;Hamilton et al, 1993;Cazals et al, 1993), social support and problem-focused coping were associated with lower levels of distress. In the both groups, gender was also significantly related with psychological distress indicated that female participants were more likely to have greater distress than their male counterparts.…”

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Factors affecting the psychological distress among unemployed and re-employed individuals

Tuncay

Yıldırım

2015

Career Development International

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine coping strategies, social support, and psychological distress for comparable samples of unemployed (n=389) and re-employed (n=270) individuals. The authors hypothesized that problem-focused coping and higher levels of social support would be associated with lower levels of psychological distress for unemployed vs re-employed participants. Design/methodology/approach – The cross-sectional design and the convenience sampling method were used in the study. Findings – Although unemployed participants reported poorer coping, higher levels of psychological distress, and lower levels of social support compared to re-employed participants; social support and coping strategies predicted psychological distress. Multiple regression analyses suggest that emotion-focused coping strategies were related to higher levels of psychological distress, whereas social support and problem-focused coping strategies were related to lower levels of psychological distress. Social support accounted for more variance in participants’ psychological distress above and beyond all other variables. Single and unemployed participants of the study used less problem-focused, more emotion-focused coping, and perceived lower social support than married unemployed. Gender and marital status of the unemployed were also significantly associated with psychological distress. In addition, older and less educated unemployed participants perceived less social support and used emotion-focused coping more frequently. Practical implications – The findings indicated that being female, single, older, and low educated are the potential sociodemographic risk factors for the psychosocial well-being of unemployed people. Originality/value – The favourable effects of certain coping strategies suggest the potential benefits of interventions to reduce reliance on emotion-focused coping and stimulate more problem-focused strategies in order to enhance psychological well-being.

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Factors affecting the psychological distress among unemployed and re-employed individuals

Tuncay

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2015

Career Development International

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“…Interventions working with the unemployed target a wide range of mechanisms theorised to influence engagement and wellbeing, for example developing efficacy, attitudes and perceived social norms [20], or enhancing social support and coping strategies [21]. The relative effectiveness of these, and other, different intervention approaches, however, is not known.…”

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Are we failing young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs)? A systematic review and meta-analysis of re-engagement interventions

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BackgroundYouth comprise 40% of the world’s unemployed, a status associated with adverse wellbeing and social, health, and economic costs. This systematic review and meta-analysis review synthesises the literature on the effectiveness of interventions targeting young people not in employment, education, or training (NEET).MethodsRandomised and quasi-randomised trials with a concurrent or counterfactual control group and baseline equivalence are included. Cochrane collaboration tools are used to assess quality, and a narrative synthesis was undertaken. The primary outcome is employment; secondary outcomes were health, earnings, welfare receipt, and education.ResultsEighteen trials are included (9 experimental and 9 quasi-experimental), sample sizes range from 32 to 54,923. Interventions include social skills, vocational, or educational classroom-based training, counselling or one-to-one support, internships, placements, on-the-job or occupational training, financial incentives, case management, and individual support. Meta-analysis of three high-quality trials demonstrates a 4% (CI 0.0–0.7) difference between intervention and control groups on employment. Evidence for other outcomes lacks consistency; however, more intensive programmes increase employment and wages over the longer term.ConclusionsThere is some evidence that intensive multi-component interventions effectively decrease unemployment amongst NEETs. The quality of current evidence is limited, leaving policy makers under-served when designing and implementing new programmes, and a vulnerable population neglected.Systematic review registrationPROSPERO CRD42014007535Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13643-016-0394-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Exploring effective (health) coaching relationships with the long-term unemployed

Oeben,

Grajfoner

2024

Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Prac

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Social Support, Coping Strategies and Psychological Well-being among Young People Awaiting Employment

Cited by 3 publications

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Factors affecting the psychological distress among unemployed and re-employed individuals

Factors affecting the psychological distress among unemployed and re-employed individuals

Are we failing young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs)? A systematic review and meta-analysis of re-engagement interventions

Exploring effective (health) coaching relationships with the long-term unemployed

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