社会焦虑和工作:在低收入,少数群体样本中进行定性调查
Joseph A Himle1, Addie Weaver1, Debra Siegel Levine1
1University of Michigan, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Social work in mental health
|August 1, 2025
概括
社会焦虑障碍 (SAD) 显著影响就业,特别是对少数群体和低收入人群. 参与者描述了社会焦虑,愤怒和被认为是雇主偏见如何影响他们的工作前景和应对策略.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 就业研究 就业研究
背景情况:
- 社会焦虑障碍 (SAD) 与就业困难有关.
- 关于SAD对种族少数群体和经济弱势群体就业的影响的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 探索 SAD 影响就业的机制.
- 了解SAD失业者的就业经历,重点关注代表性不足的群体.
主要方法:
- 对12名被诊断患有SAD的失业者进行了定性采访.
- 分析了参与者对社会焦虑,愤怒,雇主判断和应对策略的描述.
主要成果:
- 参与者报告了社会焦虑,愤怒和典型的SAD症状之间的相互作用.
- 负面的雇主判断是基于社会经济地位,外表和犯罪史来看待的.
- 确定了各种应对策略,用于在就业环境中管理社会焦虑.
结论:
- 贫穷,失业和SAD是相互关联的.
- 临床干预应考虑这些复杂的相互作用对受影响的个体.
- 解决所感知的歧视对于改善这一群体的就业成果至关重要.
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