在美国,年轻工人的绝望日益增加
David G Blanchflower1,2,3, Alex Bryson4,5
1Department of Economics, Dartmouth College, USA.
SSM - population health
|January 19, 2026
概括
心理绝望的趋势发生了转变:以前在中年期上升,后来下降,绝望现在随着年龄的增长而下降,原因是年轻人中的绝望率增加,特别是影响年轻工人. 这项研究分析了年龄,精神绝望和劳动力市场状况之间的变化关系.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 从历史上看,在美国 (上世纪90年代初至2015年),精神绝望与年龄呈现出形关系,在中年达到顶峰,在老年人中下降.
- 最近的趋势表明了这一转变,精神绝望现在在各个年龄段都在下降,主要是年轻人群中的绝望程度上升.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究年龄和精神绝望之间的不断变化的关系.
- 检查劳动力市场地位如何改变年龄绝望概况.
- 确定导致精神绝望趋势变化的特定人口变化.
主要方法:
- 分析大规模的纵向调查数据,包括行为风险因素监测系统 (BRFSS) 和国家毒品使用和健康调查 (NSDUH).
- 对不同劳动力市场状态 (工人与非工人,学生,失业者) 的年龄-绝望关系进行比较.
- 检查从20世纪90年代初到2025年开始的趋势.
主要成果:
- 传统的形衰老绝望曲线在非工人中仍然存在.
- 随着年龄的增长,绝望的总体下降归因于自2010年以来年轻人,特别是年轻工人的绝望显著增加.
- 年轻工人现在报告的绝望程度与学生和失业者相似,与早期的趋势形成鲜明对比,就业与绝望程度较低有关.
结论:
- 年龄和精神绝望之间的关系越来越多地被劳动力市场参与层级化.
- 年轻工人绝望的增加是一个关键的公共卫生问题,需要有针对性的干预.
- 了解这些特定于劳动力市场的趋势对于为不同年龄组制定有效的心理健康策略至关重要.
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