Can we text you? A qualitative exploration of young unemployed job-seekers’ attitudes to receiving resilience-building SMS messages


Autoria(s): Orr, Jayne A.; King, Robert J.; Hawke, Philippa; Dalgleish, John
Data(s)

01/06/2013

Resumo

A significant minority of young job-seekers remain unemployed for many months, and are at risk of developing depression. Both empirical studies and theoretical models suggest that cognitive, behavioural and social isolation factors interact to increase this risk. Thus, interventions that reduce or prevent depression in young unemployed job-seekers by boosting their resilience are required. Mobile phones may be an effective medium to deliver resilience-boosting support to young unemployed people by using SMS messages to interrupt the feedback loop of depression and social isolation. Three focus groups were conducted to explore young unemployed job-seekers’ attitudes to receiving and requesting regular SMS messages that would help them to feel supported and motivated while job-seeking. Participants reacted favourably to this proposal, and thought that it would be useful to continue to receive and request SMS messages for a few months after commencing employment as well.

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application/pdf

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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/68098/

Publicador

eContent Management Pty Ltd

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/68098/2/68098.pdf

http://pubs.e-contentmanagement.com/doi/abs/10.5172/jamh.2013.11.3.268

DOI:10.5172/jamh.2013.11.3.268

Orr, Jayne A., King, Robert J., Hawke, Philippa, & Dalgleish, John (2013) Can we text you? A qualitative exploration of young unemployed job-seekers’ attitudes to receiving resilience-building SMS messages. Advances in Mental Health, 11(3), pp. 268-285.

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Copyright 2013 Please consult the authors

Fonte

Faculty of Health; School of Psychology & Counselling

Palavras-Chave #170106 Health Clinical and Counselling Psychology #unemployment #prevention of mental health problems #resilience #mobile phones #support #youth
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Journal Article