PSYC 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Crystallization, Pediatrics
Professor Geraldine Lotze
Psychology of Adolescence
PSYC 302
4/17/2018
Work and Adolescents
Adolescent Work in the 20th Century
Before 1900s: Boys on the farm, girls in the household and animal care
18-19th century: Factor work, long dangerous conditions and health hazards
Age of adolescence led to a trend in staying school in the 1930s, child labor laws
Combining school + part time job (50s-70s)
80% of high school seniors worked by 1990
Relation between Work House and School Performance
*Decrease in GPA, skipping classes, decline in homework
*Not getting enough sleep, psychological issues
*Past 10hrs per week, negative psychological effects
Anxiety, depression, less sleep, disruptive to eating+exercise
*Past 20hrs per week: Same issues become CONSIDERABLY worse
Pros and Cons of Work
Adolescents who work 10+ hours a week
Use alcohol, smoke cigarettes, use drugs
BUT this is all correlational (don’t assume causation)
Working too much has a negative impact on adolescents
Benefits of Employment
Kids learn responsibility, social skills
Feelings of self efficacy increases
Teen Unemployment
Concentrated among Black and Latino adolescents
Obtain less education
Decline in high-paying, low-skilled manufacturing jobs
Work in emerging Adulthood
Unlike adolescents, they are looking for a job that turns into a career
In the course of emerging adulthood, they may try 10 different jobs from 18-30
Majority never find the identity-based work we seek
Shift in thinking in recent years (older people usually viewed work as just a
source of income)
Occupational Goals
Super’s Model: Theory of development of occupational goals begins with adolescence,
Document Summary
Before 1900s: boys on the farm, girls in the household and animal care. 18-19th century: factor work, long dangerous conditions and health hazards. Age of adolescence led to a trend in staying school in the 1930s, child labor laws. 80% of high school seniors worked by 1990. *decrease in gpa, skipping classes, decline in homework. *past 20hrs per week: same issues become considerably worse. But this is all correlational (don"t assume causation) Working too much has a negative impact on adolescents. Unlike adolescents, they are looking for a job that turns into a career. In the course of emerging adulthood, they may try 10 different jobs from 18-30. Majority never find the identity-based work we seek. Shift in thinking in recent years (older people usually viewed work as just a source of income) Super"s model: theory of development of occupational goals begins with adolescence, continues through five stages into adulthood.
