Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2020 Feb;74(2):179-181. doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-213245. Epub 2019 Nov 6.
Many young adults leave the labour market because of mental health problems or never really enter it, through early moves onto disability benefits. Across many countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, between 30% and 50% of all new disability benefit claims are due to mental health problems; among young adults this moves up to 50%-80%.
We propose a research agenda focused on transitions in building young adults' mental health and early working life trajectories, considering varying views for subgroups of a society. First, we briefly review five transition characteristics, then we elaborate a research agenda with specific research questions.
Our research agenda focuses on transitions as processes, in time and place and as sensitive periods, when examining young adults' mental health and early working life trajectories from a life course perspective. As more and more childhood and adolescent cohorts mature and facilitate research on later life labour market, work and health outcomes, transition research can help guide policy and practice interventions.
FUTURE CROSS-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH: In view of the many challenges young adults face when entering the changing world of work and labour markets, future research on transitions in young adults related to their mental health and early working life trajectories will provide ample opportunities for collaborative cross-disciplinary research and stimulate debate on this important challenge.
许多年轻人因为心理健康问题离开劳动力市场，或者从未真正进入劳动力市场，而是通过提前申请残疾福利。在经济合作与发展组织（OECD）的许多国家，所有新的残疾福利申请中有 30%至 50%是由于心理健康问题；在年轻人中，这一比例上升至 50%至 80%。
我们提出了一个研究议程，重点关注年轻人心理健康和早期工作轨迹的构建转型，同时考虑了社会亚组的不同观点。首先，我们简要回顾了五个转型特征，然后详细阐述了一个具有具体研究问题的研究议程。
我们的研究议程侧重于从生命历程的角度研究年轻人的心理健康和早期工作轨迹，将转型视为时间和地点的过程，以及敏感时期。随着越来越多的儿童和青少年群体成熟，并为研究后期的劳动力市场、工作和健康结果提供便利，转型研究可以为政策和实践干预提供指导。
鉴于年轻人在进入不断变化的工作世界和劳动力市场时面临的诸多挑战，未来关于年轻人心理健康和早期工作轨迹转型的研究将为跨学科合作研究提供充分的机会，并激发对这一重要挑战的辩论。
