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Educational and Employment Outcomes among Young Australians with a History of Depressive Symptoms: A Prospective Cohort Study

The aim of this study was to investigate whether depressive symptoms reported during adolescence are associated with subsequent educational and employment outcomes, including whether experiences of depressive symptoms in adolescence are associated with higher exposures to adverse psychosocial job st...

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Autores principales: Witt, Katrina, Milner, Allison, Evans-Whipp, Tracy, Toumbourou, John W., Patton, George, LaMontagne, Anthony D.
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8036767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33805164
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073376
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author Witt, Katrina
Milner, Allison
Evans-Whipp, Tracy
Toumbourou, John W.
Patton, George
LaMontagne, Anthony D.
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Milner, Allison
Evans-Whipp, Tracy
Toumbourou, John W.
Patton, George
LaMontagne, Anthony D.
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description The aim of this study was to investigate whether depressive symptoms reported during adolescence are associated with subsequent educational and employment outcomes, including whether experiences of depressive symptoms in adolescence are associated with higher exposures to adverse psychosocial job stressors among those who were employed in emerging adulthood. We used data from the Victorian arm of the International Youth Development Study (IYDS). Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to model the association of depressive symptoms reported in 2002 (wave one) and/or 2003 (wave two) and self-reported completion of compulsory secondary schooling, employment status, and exposure to a number of psychosocial job stressors roughly a decade later (i.e., at wave three in 2014). In fully adjusted models, reporting high depressive symptoms at waves one or two (odds ratio (OR) 0.71, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.55 to 0.92), as well as at both waves (OR 0.55, 95% CI 0.41 to 0.75) were associated with a reduced likelihood of completing secondary schooling by wave three. High depressive symptoms reported at multiple waves were also associated with a reduced likelihood of employment (OR 0.49, 95% CI 0.36 to 0.66). Amongst those employed at wave three (n = 2091; 72.5%), adolescent depressive symptoms were associated only with workplace incivility. Psychosocial job stressor exposures should be considered in the design and selection of jobs for young workers with a history of depressive symptoms in order to increase employment participation and sustainability for young people experiencing symptoms of depression.
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spelling pubmed-80367672021-04-12 Educational and Employment Outcomes among Young Australians with a History of Depressive Symptoms: A Prospective Cohort Study Witt, Katrina Milner, Allison Evans-Whipp, Tracy Toumbourou, John W. Patton, George LaMontagne, Anthony D. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aim of this study was to investigate whether depressive symptoms reported during adolescence are associated with subsequent educational and employment outcomes, including whether experiences of depressive symptoms in adolescence are associated with higher exposures to adverse psychosocial job stressors among those who were employed in emerging adulthood. We used data from the Victorian arm of the International Youth Development Study (IYDS). Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to model the association of depressive symptoms reported in 2002 (wave one) and/or 2003 (wave two) and self-reported completion of compulsory secondary schooling, employment status, and exposure to a number of psychosocial job stressors roughly a decade later (i.e., at wave three in 2014). In fully adjusted models, reporting high depressive symptoms at waves one or two (odds ratio (OR) 0.71, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.55 to 0.92), as well as at both waves (OR 0.55, 95% CI 0.41 to 0.75) were associated with a reduced likelihood of completing secondary schooling by wave three. High depressive symptoms reported at multiple waves were also associated with a reduced likelihood of employment (OR 0.49, 95% CI 0.36 to 0.66). Amongst those employed at wave three (n = 2091; 72.5%), adolescent depressive symptoms were associated only with workplace incivility. Psychosocial job stressor exposures should be considered in the design and selection of jobs for young workers with a history of depressive symptoms in order to increase employment participation and sustainability for young people experiencing symptoms of depression. MDPI 2021-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8036767/ /pubmed/33805164 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073376 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ).
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title_full Educational and Employment Outcomes among Young Australians with a History of Depressive Symptoms: A Prospective Cohort Study
title_fullStr Educational and Employment Outcomes among Young Australians with a History of Depressive Symptoms: A Prospective Cohort Study
title_full_unstemmed Educational and Employment Outcomes among Young Australians with a History of Depressive Symptoms: A Prospective Cohort Study
title_short Educational and Employment Outcomes among Young Australians with a History of Depressive Symptoms: A Prospective Cohort Study
title_sort educational and employment outcomes among young australians with a history of depressive symptoms: a prospective cohort study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8036767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33805164
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073376
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