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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 39th Annual ARCOM Conference, 4-6 September 2023, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. Association of Researchers in Construction Management, 354-363.
- Type: Conference Proceedings
- Keywords: human resource management, equality, diversity, performance, gender, mental health, career commitment, financial well-being, job insecurity, discrimination
- ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-9955463-7-0
- URL: http://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/proceedings/dfb424921f35a4a12b6514b79ef6852d.pdf
- 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.