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DOOLEY, DAVID PRAUSE, JOANN Effect of Favorable Employment Change on Alcohol Abuse: One- and Five-Year Follow-Ups in The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth American Journal of Community Psychology 25,6 (December 1997): 787-807 Cohort(s): NLSY79 ID Number: 3153 Publisher: Plenum Publishing Corporation Job loss has been linked to adverse outcomes such as alcohol abuse, but improved employment, usually assumed to be beneficial, has seldom been evaluated and may not help with addictive disorders. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, young adults who were unemployed or underemployed (low income or involuntary part-time) in 1984 were followed up in 1985 and 1989. Controlling for 1984 alcohol abuse, there were no effects of positive employment change on 1985 symptoms, but there were significant restorative effects on 1985 binge drinking among those who were heavy drinkers in 1984. There also appeared to be an indirect link of favorable 1984-1985 employment change to heavy drinking in 1989 via 1989 employment status. Because the effects of underemployment partially resembled those of unemployment, the discussion cautions against the conventional wisdom of promoting any work, including underemployment, as curative for the ills of unemployment. (AUTHOR) DOOLEY, DAVID PRAUSE, JOANN Mental Health and Welfare Transitions: Depression and Alcohol Abuse in AFDC Women American Journal of Community Psychology 30,6 (December 2002): 787-813. . Also: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=12385483&db=cmedm&tg=PM Cohort(s): NLSY79 ID Number: 4138 Publisher: Plenum Publishing Corporation Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. From a selection perspective, does prior dysfunction select women into welfare or serve as a barrier to leaving welfare? From a social causation perspective, does entering or exiting welfare lead to changes in well being? These questions were analyzed in panel data for over 3,600 women drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth for the period 1992-94. Welfare is associated with both depression and alcohol consumption cross-sectionally. This link appears to derive in small part from selection into welfare by depression (in interaction with marital status), but depression and alcohol abuse did not operate as barriers to leaving welfare. Entering welfare was clearly associated with increased depression and alcohol consumption, but confidence in an apparent beneficial effect on alcohol symptoms of leaving welfare for employment was limited by small sample sizes. These findings are located in the context of the 1996-welfare reform and the recent economic expansion. One implication is that community psychology should consider welfare entry as a risk factor similar to adverse employment changes such as job loss. YOSHIKAWA, HIROKAZU SEIDMAN, EDWARD Multidimensional Profiles of Welfare and Work Dynamics: Development, Validation, and Associations with Child Cognitive and Mental Health Outcomes American Journal of Community Psychology 29,6 (December 2001): 907-936 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 ID Number: 3830 Publisher: Plenum Publishing Corporation Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This prospective study addresses multidimensional variation in welfare use (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) and employment patterns, and relationships of such variation with parent earnings and child development outcomes. Cluster analysis was utilized, using monthly welfare and employment data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, to examine variation within the welfare population in their welfare and work patterns across the 1st 5 yrs of children's lives. Six cluster profiles of welfare and work dynamics were found: Short-Term, Short-Term Work Exit, Working Cyclers, Nonworking Cyclers, Cycle to Long-Term Exit, and Long-Term. The clusters were validated using mother's 6th-yr earnings as the criterion. The clusters' associations with child development outcomes in the cognitive and mental health domains (at ages 6 and 7) were then explored. Work following short-term welfare use was associated with higher child reading scores than that following long-term use (a moderate-size effect). Cycling on and off welfare in the context of high levels of employment was associated with higher child internalizing symptoms than cycling accompanied by low levels of employment (a moderate-size effect). Implications for evaluation of welfare-to-work policies are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2000 APA, all rights reserved): Search returned 3 items. Search Start: 20:33:41 Search Finish: 20:33:41
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