van Someren, K and Larsen, G (2023) Money and mental health matters in UK construction workers. In: Tutesigensi, A and Neilson, C J (eds.) Proceedings of 39th Annual ARCOM Conference, 4-6 September 2023, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Abstract
The research aim was to combine topics to explore the holistic well-being of UK construction workers. Mental health, depression, financial insecurity, food insecurity, and access to mental health resources topics were part of the study. A critical review of the well-being literature led to the adoption of published and established methods from relevant literature for the research design. The primary hypothesis explored; high job insecurity and low financial well-being will impact and increase a person’s mental health depression score. A total of 38 UK participants were included in the research, findings showed 32% of male participants self-reported moderate or severe depression compared to 14% of the general population. Females had lower levels of self-reported depression compared to males and were more likely to feel food insecure compared to male participants. Significantly, the findings indicated job insecurity and financial well-being could potentially predict participants' depression in the study sample.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | human resource management; equality; diversity; performance; gender; mental health; career commitment; financial well-being; job insecurity; discrimination |
| Index terms: | construction worker, discrimination, mental health, population, career, well-being, research design, human resource management, commitment, depression |
| Subjects: | psychology, mental health and wellbeing, research design and methodology, practitioner, health conditions and diseases, demography, professional ethics, management, professional development |
| Topics: | Health and Safety, Information Management, Research Practice, Roles and Professions, Urban Studies, Legal Issues, Human Resources, Organizational Design |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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