The quality of work and youth mental health
The quality of work and youth mental health
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DOI：
10.1177/0730888402029002003
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发表时间：
2002-05-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Staff, J
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作者：
Mortimer, JT;Harley, C;Staff, J
根据一个突出的观点，非全时工作使青少年处于危险之中，因为它使他们面对他们没有准备好的压力，并限制他们参与对发展更有益的活动。然而，如果工作意味着向成年迈进的进步，它可以促进心理健康。虽然围绕青少年工作的争议集中在就业状况和强度上，但对成年人的研究表明，工作经验的质量对心理功能至关重要。本研究探讨了工作经验和青少年的抑郁情绪和幸福感的主要特征，包括选择和社会化过程。根据圣保罗青年发展研究的数据，分析表明，高中工作经验的质量确实对年轻人的心理状态有显着的同期后果，但对他们的长期心理健康影响不大。
According to one prominent perspective, part-time work places 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.