Transition to adulthood and recession: a qualitative study

Blasi, Maria Di; Tosto, Crispino; Marfia, Alessandro; Cavani, Paola; Giordano, Cecilia

doi:10.1080/13676261.2015.1136055

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“…It was only the classification that was used from the method described in Hill et al (2005) . This classification was used in a similar way in Regev et al (2016) and Di Blasi et al (2016) .…”

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Experiences of Playscan: Interviews with users of a responsible gambling tool

Forsström

Jansson‐Fröjmark

Hesser

et al. 2017

Internet Interventions

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Online gambling, encompassing a wide variety of activities and around-the-clock access, can be a potential risk factor for gamblers who tend to gamble excessively. Yet, the advent of online gambling has enabled responsible gambling (RG) features that may help individuals to limit their gambling behaviour. One of these features is RG tools that track gamblers' behaviour, performs risk assessments and provides advice to gamblers. This study investigated users' views and experiences of the RG tool Playscan from a qualitative perspective using a semi-structured interview. The tool performs a risk assessment on a three-step scale (low, medium and high risk). Users from every risk category were included. Twenty interviews were carried out and analysed using thematic analysis. Two main themes with associated sub-themes were identified: “Usage of Playscan and the gambling site” and “Experiences of Playscan”. Important experiences in the sub-themes were lack of feedback from the tool and confusion when signing up to use Playscan. These experiences counteracted positive attitudes that should have promoted usage of the tool. Providing more feedback directly to users is a suggested solution to increase usage of the RG tool.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experiences of Playscan: Interviews with users of a responsible gambling tool

Forsström

Jansson‐Fröjmark

Hesser

et al. 2017

Internet Interventions

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“…The transition from school to work can be influenced by macroeconomic factors such as recession also among young people who are not in NEET. A qualitative study of students [14] showed that the crisis had negative impact on the participants’ mental health by creating feelings of instability as well as difficulties in planning for the future.…”

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Living in the shadow of unemployment -an unhealthy life situation: a qualitative study of young people from leaving school until early adult life

Hammarström

Ahlgren

2019

BMC Public Health

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BackgroundDespite the magnitude of youth unemployment there is a lack of studies, which explore the relations between health experiences and labour market position in various contexts. The aim of this paper was to analyse health experiences among young people in NEET (not in education, employment or training) in relation to labour market position from leaving school until early adult life.MethodThe population consists of everyone (six women, eight men) who became unemployed directly after leaving compulsory school in a town in Northern Sweden. Repeated personal interviews were performed from age 16 until age 33. The interviews were analysed using qualitative content analysis.ResultsHealth experiences can be viewed as a contextual process, related to the different phases of leaving school, entering the labour market, becoming unemployed and becoming employed. Perceived relief and hope were related to leaving compulsory school, while entering the labour market was related to setbacks and disappointments as well as both health-deteriorating and health-promoting experiences depending on the actual labour market position. Our overarching theme of “Living in the shadow of unemployment – an unhealthy life situation” implies that it is not only the actual situation of being unemployed that is problematic but that the other phases are also coloured by earlier experiences of unemployment .ConclusionA focus on young people’s health experiences of transitions from school into the labour market brings a new focus on the importance of macroeconomic influence on social processes and contextualised mechanisms from a life-course perspective.

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“…Moreover, in addition to the variables tested in the present study, future studies should consider their interaction with other factors, such personality traits close to SA (e.g., shyness, introversion) and psychiatric disorders such as major depressive disorder panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder that are the most frequent principal diagnosis in patients with comorbid SAD ( 5 , 57 ). Socio-economics factors could also play a potential role since recent literature indicate that during the last decade recession hardships increase psychological distress ( 58 , 59 ) which in turn increases marijuana and other illicit drugs use ( 60 ). Additionally, as recent studies highlighted that high-potency and synthetic cannabinoids compared with the use of natural cannabis, may cause more frequent and more severe unwanted negative effects such as agitation, paranoia, psychosis ( 61 , 62 ), further studies should be conducted to consider the influence of type of cannabis smoked on the SA symptoms.…”

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Mediating Effects of Global Negative Effect Expectancies on the Association between Problematic Cannabis Use and Social Anxiety

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The relationship between social anxiety (SA) and cannabis use among adolescents and young adults is a highly debated topic. In this cross-sectional study, we tested whether cannabis use expectancies mediated the association between SA and cannabis use severity in a sample of 343 young adults (74.3% male) who used cannabis. They completed self-report measures for the screening of problematic cannabis use (Cannabis Use Problems Identification Test) and SA symptoms (Social Interaction Anxiety Scale and Social Phobia Scale). A multiple mediation analysis was used to test whether marijuana effect expectancies mediate SA effect on problematic cannabis use. SA was negatively associated with cannabis use severity in this sample, and we found evidence that cannabis use expectancies fully mediated this relationship. Specifically, global negative effect expectancies influence the relationship between SA and problematic cannabis use. These findings may inform current prevention strategies and clinical intervention for young adults who use cannabis.

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Transition to adulthood and recession: a qualitative study

Cited by 20 publications

References 65 publications

Experiences of Playscan: Interviews with users of a responsible gambling tool

Experiences of Playscan: Interviews with users of a responsible gambling tool

Living in the shadow of unemployment -an unhealthy life situation: a qualitative study of young people from leaving school until early adult life

Mediating Effects of Global Negative Effect Expectancies on the Association between Problematic Cannabis Use and Social Anxiety

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