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Employment Disruption and Wellbeing Among Young Adults: A Cross-National Study of Perceived Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown

Young adulthood (18–30 years old) is a crucial period due to its developmental tasks such as career establishment and financial independence. However, young adults’ relative lack of resources makes them vulnerable to employment disruptions (job loss and income loss), which may have both immediate an...

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Autores principales: Li, Lijun, Serido, Joyce, Vosylis, Rimantas, Sorgente, Angela, Lep, Žan, Zhang, Yue, Fonseca, Gabriela, Crespo, Carla, Relvas, Ana Paula, Zupančič, Maja, Lanz, Margherita
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Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9902251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36776722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-023-00629-3
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author Li, Lijun
Serido, Joyce
Vosylis, Rimantas
Sorgente, Angela
Lep, Žan
Zhang, Yue
Fonseca, Gabriela
Crespo, Carla
Relvas, Ana Paula
Zupančič, Maja
Lanz, Margherita
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Serido, Joyce
Vosylis, Rimantas
Sorgente, Angela
Lep, Žan
Zhang, Yue
Fonseca, Gabriela
Crespo, Carla
Relvas, Ana Paula
Zupančič, Maja
Lanz, Margherita
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description Young adulthood (18–30 years old) is a crucial period due to its developmental tasks such as career establishment and financial independence. However, young adults’ relative lack of resources makes them vulnerable to employment disruptions (job loss and income loss), which may have both immediate and long-term effects on their financial wellbeing and mental health. The economic impact of COVID-19 restrictions resulted in an increase in unemployment and a decrease in income worldwide, especially for young adults. This study examined to what extent and how job loss and income loss due to the pandemic influenced young adults’ perception of their present financial wellbeing, future financial wellbeing, and psychological wellbeing by using cross-sectional survey data collected from six countries (China, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia, and the United States). Results showed that the impact of income loss and job loss on all three types of wellbeing were mediated by young adults’ negative perception of the COVID-19 lockdown restriction (i.e., perceived as a misfortune). Cross-country differences existed in the key variables. The association between employment disruptions, young adults’ perception of the COVID-19 lockdown restriction, and wellbeing were equivalent across countries except China. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-99022512023-02-07 Employment Disruption and Wellbeing Among Young Adults: A Cross-National Study of Perceived Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown Li, Lijun Serido, Joyce Vosylis, Rimantas Sorgente, Angela Lep, Žan Zhang, Yue Fonseca, Gabriela Crespo, Carla Relvas, Ana Paula Zupančič, Maja Lanz, Margherita J Happiness Stud Research Paper Young adulthood (18–30 years old) is a crucial period due to its developmental tasks such as career establishment and financial independence. However, young adults’ relative lack of resources makes them vulnerable to employment disruptions (job loss and income loss), which may have both immediate and long-term effects on their financial wellbeing and mental health. The economic impact of COVID-19 restrictions resulted in an increase in unemployment and a decrease in income worldwide, especially for young adults. This study examined to what extent and how job loss and income loss due to the pandemic influenced young adults’ perception of their present financial wellbeing, future financial wellbeing, and psychological wellbeing by using cross-sectional survey data collected from six countries (China, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia, and the United States). Results showed that the impact of income loss and job loss on all three types of wellbeing were mediated by young adults’ negative perception of the COVID-19 lockdown restriction (i.e., perceived as a misfortune). Cross-country differences existed in the key variables. The association between employment disruptions, young adults’ perception of the COVID-19 lockdown restriction, and wellbeing were equivalent across countries except China. Implications for policy and practice are discussed. Springer Netherlands 2023-02-07 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9902251/ /pubmed/36776722 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-023-00629-3 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2023, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Li, Lijun
Serido, Joyce
Vosylis, Rimantas
Sorgente, Angela
Lep, Žan
Zhang, Yue
Fonseca, Gabriela
Crespo, Carla
Relvas, Ana Paula
Zupančič, Maja
Lanz, Margherita
Employment Disruption and Wellbeing Among Young Adults: A Cross-National Study of Perceived Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown
title Employment Disruption and Wellbeing Among Young Adults: A Cross-National Study of Perceived Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown
title_full Employment Disruption and Wellbeing Among Young Adults: A Cross-National Study of Perceived Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown
title_fullStr Employment Disruption and Wellbeing Among Young Adults: A Cross-National Study of Perceived Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown
title_full_unstemmed Employment Disruption and Wellbeing Among Young Adults: A Cross-National Study of Perceived Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown
title_short Employment Disruption and Wellbeing Among Young Adults: A Cross-National Study of Perceived Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown
title_sort employment disruption and wellbeing among young adults: a cross-national study of perceived impact of the covid-19 lockdown
topic Research Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9902251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36776722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-023-00629-3
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