Women with Depression: The Importance of Social, Psychological and Occupational Factors in Illness and Recovery

Whitney, Diane K.; Kusznir, Alice; Dixie, Ann

doi:10.1080/14427591.2002.9686490

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“…Increased academic stresses, as well as increased stresses on work-life balance, increases mental health concerns and can lower life satisfaction for women (Gibbons et al, 2019;Whitney et al, 2002), ultimately leading to the exit of women from these fields. Several recent studies have reported lower perceived well-being and greater mental health challenges for women relative to men during the pandemic (Croda & Grossbard, 2021;Escudero-Castillo et al, 2021).…”

Section: Background Resiliency Mental Health and Life Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In agriculture, the number of women academically outperforming men has increased along with their presence in different disciplines (Borman et al, 2013 ; Thomas et al, 1991 ). Yet, the representation of women within certain programs, such as agricultural economics, remains relatively low (Brevik et al 2018, Zepeda & Marchant, 1998 ). 3 Attrition of women increases post matriculation, and women continue to be severely underrepresented in professorial and industry leadership positions (Murray et al, 2011 ).…”

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U.S. agricultural university students' mental well‐being and resilience during the first wave of COVID‐19: Discordant expectations and experiences across genders

Ehmke

Katare

Kiesel

et al. 2022

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic's first wave led to declining mental health and life satisfaction outcomes for college students, especially women. While women in undergraduate agricultural programs outperformed men academically prior to and during the pandemic, the achievement may have come at personal cost, especially for those women with fewer personal and environmental resiliency resources. Our research objective was to expand on personal, social, and environmental factors linked with lower mental health and life satisfaction scores for students in agriculture during the pandemic. We measured the influence of such factors across gender‐based mental health and life satisfaction outcomes. Our data were collected from 2030 students using an on‐line survey across six land‐grant university college of agriculture in agriculturally as many distinct regions of the United States. We estimated OLS and Ordered Probit models of their mental health and life satisfaction self‐assessments. Our findings reveal students' mental health and life satisfaction were reduced due to a paucity of personal (e.g., less future orientation or graduate school aspirations, food and housing insecurity, and personal health risks) and environmental (e.g., lower quality on‐line learning experiences, isolation, family health risk, discrimination experiences) resiliency resources. Our results suggest women were more likely than men to be adversely affected by reduced resiliency resources. These findings suggest university emergency response policies need to address students' needs for housing and food security, on‐line course development and delivery, tele health and mental health resources, broad social inclusion and diversity to decrease risk of female attrition and support all students in agricultural degree programs.

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Section: Background Resiliency Mental Health and Life Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

U.S. agricultural university students' mental well‐being and resilience during the first wave of COVID‐19: Discordant expectations and experiences across genders

Ehmke

Katare

Kiesel

et al. 2022

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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“…It has been known for some time that recovery of work capacity after treatment for depression is much slower than symptomatic relief (Mintz et al, 1992). Whitney et al (2002) identified a continuing research need to analyse occupational factors during 'this critical stage of recovery'. Paykel et al (1995) described a cluster of 'residual symptoms' in about a third of patients medicated for depression, across which functioning at work showed the highest impairment scores.…”

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Depression and persistent effects on work: an ‘expert patient’ survey of 500 social workers

Caan

Stanley²,

Manthorpe

2006

Journal of Public Mental Health

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Widespread effects are reported on UK economic productivity through poorly managed depressive illness in the workplace. Starting in 1999, the authors have investigated the onset, treatment and recovery from depression as experienced personally by members of the caring professions, using first-hand accounts to generate a composite picture of 'what works for me' in managing depression, and in particular 'what works' in maintaining or returning to employment in health and social care. This paper reports findings from a survey of 500 social workers. Negative perceptions of previous help from professional sources (such as general practitioner, psychiatrist or psychotherapist) were related specifically to three persisting, negative effects at work: lack of concentration, low confidence, and irritability (with tiredness).These occupational effects were strongly associated with each other. In relation to occupational health, inadequate treatment of depression may allow these negative effects on performance to persist.The findings are discussed in relation to conceptual frameworks about well-being taken from 'positive psychology' that suggest future approaches to both prevention and rehabilitation of these occupational problems.

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“…In many workplaces there has been an increase in competitive pressure and technological advances that extend work out of the workplace. For employees, these changes usually mean increased work hours, fast-paced work environments, expected flexibility, greater job demands, and decreases in job security (Ladipo & Wilkinson, 2002;Whitney, Kusznir, & Dixie, 2002) leading to greater challenges in balancing work and other life spheres.…”

Section: Work-life Balancementioning

confidence: 99%

Balancing multiple life spheres : the role of personality and personality-environment fit

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Women with Depression: The Importance of Social, Psychological and Occupational Factors in Illness and Recovery

Cited by 4 publications

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U.S. agricultural university students' mental well‐being and resilience during the first wave of COVID‐19: Discordant expectations and experiences across genders

U.S. agricultural university students' mental well‐being and resilience during the first wave of COVID‐19: Discordant expectations and experiences across genders

Depression and persistent effects on work: an ‘expert patient’ survey of 500 social workers

Balancing multiple life spheres : the role of personality and personality-environment fit

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