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dc.contributor.authorGeirdal, Amy Østertun
dc.contributor.authorNerdrum, Per
dc.contributor.authorBonsaksen, Tore
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-17T13:03:23Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-21T12:25:33Z
dc.date.available2019-10-17T13:03:23Z
dc.date.available2019-10-21T12:25:33Z
dc.date.issued2019-09-12
dc.identifier.citationGeirdal AØ, Nerdrum P, Bonsaksen T. The transition from university to work: what happens to mental health? A longitudinal study. BMC Psychology. 2019;7(65):1-10en
dc.identifier.issn2050-7283
dc.identifier.issn2050-7283
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/7744
dc.description.abstractBackground: When enrolled in university or college, students receive varying degrees of training in managing practical situations in the workplace. However, after graduation, the young professionals meet their responsibilities at work. The experience of the transition between education and work may connote a feeling of professional uncertainty and lack of coping, both of which are important factors related to young professionals’ mental health. The gap between the two areas of knowledge is frequently described as ‘practice shock’. Very few studies of mental health among students and young professional workers have used longitudinal designs. In the present study, we conducted a longitudinal investigation of change and stability in the levels of psychological distress among healthcare professionals, teachers, and social workers from the end of their study programs until 3years into their subsequent professional lives. We also assessed the extent to which psychological distress at the end of the study program, sociodemographic characteristics, coping with the professional role, the psychosocial workplace environment, and experience of overall quality of life can predict psychological distress 3years into their professional lives. Methods: Psychological distress was measured using the General Health Questionnaire 12 (GHQ-12). A total of 773 students/young professionals participated at both the end of their study programs and 3years into their professional lives. Group differences were examined by the chi-squared test, independent samples t-test, and oneway analysis of variance. McNemar’s test were applied to identify changes in the proportion of cases at the two time points. Linear and logistic regressions were employed to identify factors associated with GHQ-12 Likert scores and GHQ-12 case scores, respectively. Results: Psychological distress was significantly reduced at 3years for health professionals. Among the social workers and teachers, the change in psychological distress was not significant during the same period. Higher current quality of life contributed to lower psychological distress. Conclusions: Our findings support assumptions about higher levels of mental health problems as students, with mental health improving as health professionals and social workers move into professional work.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. No grants were received to fund this study.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBMC (part of Springer Nature)en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBMC Psychology;7, Article number: 65 (2019)
dc.rightsThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectProfessionsen
dc.subjectPsychological distressen
dc.subjectPsychosocial work environmentsen
dc.titleThe transition from university to work: what happens to mental health? A longitudinal studyen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typePeer revieweden
dc.date.updated2019-10-17T13:03:23Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40359-019-0340-x
dc.identifier.cristin1738055
dc.source.journalBMC Psychology


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