Profiles of Decent Work and Precarious Work: Exploring Macro-Level Predictors and Mental Health Outcomes

IF 2.8 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Journal of Career Assessment Pub Date : 2022-08-12 DOI:10.1177/10690727221119473

David L. Blustein, B. Allan, Alekzander Davila, Camille M. Smith, Michael Gordon, XiYue Wu, Lauren Milo, Nathan Whitson

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Abstract

Using a person-centered approach, this study explored the interrelationship between decent work and precarious work via a latent profile analysis (LPA). This investigation sought to replicate the latent profiles from Blustein and colleagues (2020) and extend the results by examining the role of individual lifetime experiences of macro-level factors (economic constraints and marginalization) as predictors and selected mental health indices (depression and anxiety) as outcomes of profile membership. Using a sample of 422 working adults in the U.S., the findings of the LPA yielded four profiles (indecent-precarious, low healthcare-low rights, highly decent, and vulnerability dominant), replicating four out of the five of the profiles identified in Blustein et al. Informed by psychology of working theory (PWT) and precarity theory, we assessed a structural model of the aforementioned predictors and outcomes in relation to profile membership. Consistent with theoretical expectations, economic constraints and marginalization positively predicted profiles that reflected greater instability and precarity. In addition, the profiles that reflected greater instability and precarity predicted both depression and anxiety. Implications for theory, counseling practice, public policy, and new directions in research are presented.

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体面工作和危险工作的概况：探索宏观层面的预测因素和心理健康结果

本研究采用以人为中心的方法，通过潜在概况分析（LPA）探讨了体面工作和不稳定工作之间的相互关系。这项调查试图复制Blustein及其同事（2020）的潜在特征，并通过检查宏观层面因素（经济约束和边缘化）的个人一生经历作为预测因素的作用，以及选定的心理健康指数（抑郁和焦虑）作为特征成员的结果来扩展结果。使用美国422名在职成年人的样本，LPA的研究结果产生了四种情况（不雅、不稳定、低医疗保健、低权利、高度体面和脆弱性占主导地位），复制了Blustein等人确定的五种情况中的四种。根据工作心理学理论（PWT）和不稳定理论，我们评估了上述预测因素和结果与档案成员关系的结构模型。与理论预期一致，经济制约和边缘化积极预测了反映更大不稳定和不稳定的情况。此外，反映出更大的不稳定性和不稳定性的档案预测了抑郁和焦虑。提出了对理论、咨询实践、公共政策和新的研究方向的启示。

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Journal of Career Assessment PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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6.10

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15.60%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Career Assessment publishes methodologically sound, empirically based studies focusing on the process and techniques by which counselors and others gain understanding of the individual faced with the necessity of making informed career decisions. The term career assessment, as used in this journal, covers the various techniques, tests, inventories, rating scales, interview schedules, surveys, and direct observational methods used in scientifically based practice and research to provide an improved understanding of career decision-making. The focus is not just testing, but all those means developed and used to assess and evaluate individuals and environments in the field of career counseling and development.