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dc.contributor.authorRamsdal, Gro Hilde
dc.contributor.authorBergvik, Svein
dc.contributor.authorWynn, Rolf
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-14T13:01:26Z
dc.date.available2018-08-14T13:01:26Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-22
dc.description.abstractSchool dropout is related to difficult life trajectories in Western society. Developing effective preventive interventions is urgent. Nevertheless, few studies have interviewed unemployed young adults in the aftermath of school dropout to understand their experiences with influential factors. We interviewed seven former students two to five years after they had dropped out and seven same-aged students in their final year at college. The participants were given qualitative semi-structured interviews focusing on questions about what kept them on track and what pushed them off track when struggling to complete school. The participants were also clinically interviewed, drawing on the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. The analysis revealed that the students who had dropped out described a larger number of mental health problems and problems of a more serious nature than the college students did. The participants who had dropped out also described less access to resources and social support. The clinical interviews supported the impression given in the qualitative interviews, that those who had dropped out were more burdened by mental disorders than the college students. The college students described comprehensive social support to play a major role in their coping with school and mental health problems. The former students who were unemployed and who had dropped out described internalizing mental health problems in combination with a lack of social support as important influences in their dropping out from school and employment, indicating the importance of further exploring the role of internalizing mental health problems in school dropout processes.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Open Access Fund of UiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.descriptionThis is the final version of the following article: Ramsdal, G.H., Bergvik, S. & Wynn, R. (2018). Long-term dropout from school and work and mental health in young adults in Norway: A qualitative interview-based study. Cogent Psychology, 5, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2018.1455365, which can be retrieved from <a href=https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2018.1455365> https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2018.1455365</a>. Licensed <a href=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/> CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.</a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationRamsdal, G.H., Bergvik, S. & Wynn, R. (2018). Long-term dropout from school and work and mental health in young adults in Norway: A qualitative interview-based study. <i>Cogent Psychology, 5</i>, 1455365. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2018.1455365en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1573647
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2018.1455365
dc.identifier.issn2331-1908
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/13401
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCogent OAen_US
dc.relation.ispartofRamsdal, G.H. (2018). Attachment problems and mental health issues among long-term unemployed youth who had dropped out of high school. Doctoral thesis. <a href=http://hdl.handle.net/10037/14039>http://hdl.handle.net/10037/14039</a>
dc.relation.journalCogent Psychology
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Psykologi: 260en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Psychology: 260en_US
dc.subjectdropouten_US
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.subjectinternalizing disordersen_US
dc.subjecthealth psychologyen_US
dc.subjectsocial supporten_US
dc.subjectschoolen_US
dc.titleLong-term dropout from school and work and mental health in young adults in Norway: A qualitative interview-based studyen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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