Enhancing the Life Chances and Social Participation of Young Adults through Workplace Learning

2022 ◽  
pp. 474-492
Author(s):  
Natasha Kersh ◽  
Natalia Zaichenko ◽  
Liudmila Zaichenko
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Workplace Learning ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Life Chances

From Life-course Expectations to Societal Concerns: Seeking Young Adults’ Perspectives on Generational Narratives

Young ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-122
Author(s):  
Helen Cahill ◽  
Julia Cook
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
Age Cohort ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
And Coping

Young adults’ use of individualized explanations for conditions that are structural in origin is well documented. However, recent scholarship has contended that young adults are often more aware of the macro-scale forces that shape their life chances than has previously been acknowledged. We build upon this work by drawing on findings from focus groups conducted with 19 Australian young adults aged 27–28 in which they were called upon to discuss issues and experiences relevant to both their own lives and those of their age cohort more broadly. We find that although the participants co-constructed explanatory narratives that positioned their cohort within a specific socio-historical context, they nevertheless drew chiefly upon individualized explanations and coping strategies to understand these structural changes when the conversation moved to micro-level experiences. We contend that this disjuncture is attributable not to a lack of knowledge or reflexivity but to a perceived lack of social recognition.

Liminal Space of First-Episode Psychosis: Health Management and Its Effect on Social Participation

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Fox ◽  
Antoine L. Bailliard
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Health Management ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Treatment Burden ◽  
Liminal Space ◽  
Episode Psychosis ◽  
The Impact

Importance: Managing health requires extensive time and effort, especially in the early stages of a new illness. Although important, health management occupations contribute to treatment burden, disrupt engagement in other occupations, and galvanize the incorporation of the illness into identity. This is especially true for young adults after first-episode psychosis (FEP). Objective: To explore the impact of health management occupations on the social participation of young adults after FEP. Design: Qualitative study. Setting: Community with participants from primarily urban environments. Participants: Five adults between 18 and 30 yr old who experienced FEP within the previous 5 yr. Data collection occurred through semistructured interviews, participant observations, and discourse elicitation. Outcomes and Measures: Two participant observations per month for 6 mo with 4 study participants; six observations total for a 5th participant. Results: Health management dominated participants’ occupations immediately after FEP and hindered their social participation as they experienced a liminal space (i.e., transition space) in their life trajectory. Some participants were “stuck” in this space and deferred life goals to focus on illness management, whereas others used the liminal space as a space for growth and transformation. Conclusions and Relevance: Health management occupations are essential; however, overemphasizing health management can hinder social participation and quality of life. Occupational therapy practitioners can assist clients with moving through liminal spaces after diagnosis by supporting participation beyond mental health treatment environments, helping clients to imagine alternative life trajectories, and finding strategies to reduce overall treatment burden. What This Article Adds: The concept of liminality holds promise for understanding and supporting health management and social participation after FEP.

Restrictions in social participation of young adults with spina bifida

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 921-927 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. Barf ◽  
M. W. M. Post ◽  
M. Verhoef ◽  
A. Jennekens-Schinkel ◽  
R. H. J. M. Gooskens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Spina Bifida ◽  
Social Participation

scholarly journals Salutogenesis and the Sense of Coherence in Young Adults Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET)

2022 ◽  
pp. 151-165
Author(s):  
Claudia Meier Magistretti ◽  
Beat Reichlin
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Adaptive Models ◽  
Education Training ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
The Many

AbstractIn this chapter, the authors discuss the topic of young adults not in education, employment, or training (NEETs). Although estimates of the number of NEETs vary, the problem seems to be global and growing. The many programs that try to support NEETs fail to reach them and guide them successfully into work, housing, and social participation. Helping systems regard NEETs as patients, cases, or not yet enabled adults and thereby fail to meet their needs as well as their potential. Confronting the limits of current approaches, the authors emphasise the need for a salutogenic orientation in research and practice with NEETs. They provide guidance and inspiration for novel approches and describe promising NEET initiatives. These initiatives are characterised by having a genuine health orientation, NEET participation, the centrality of learning processes, and flexible, adaptive models of individual and social development in combination with enhanced employment, education, training, and entrepreneurship opportunities.

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