Early Adulthood and Care Giving Professions in the 21st Century: Mental Wellness as an Institutional Priority and Reward Strategy.

Globally, health care is presently characterized by profound recruitment/retention difficulties. Its systems are currently experiencing an unprecedented workforce crisis marked by high attrition rates and mental health challenges from recruitment onward. This is especially urgent in professions that...

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Publicado en:Inquiry (00469580) Vol. 62; pp. 1 - 13
Autores principales: Pagani, Linda S., Kazandjian, Nairy, Geoffrion, Steve, Barnett, Tracie A.
Formato: review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 12/1/2025
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          Pagani, Linda S.
          Kazandjian, Nairy
          Geoffrion, Steve
          Barnett, Tracie A.
        affil: Université de Montréal, QC, Canada
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          Wellness
          Burnout, Professional Prevention and Control
          Health Personnel Psychosocial Factors
          Burnout, Professional Psychosocial Factors
          Mental Health
          Reward
          Mental Disorders
          Students, College Psychosocial Factors
          Psychological Distress
          Personnel Recruitment
          Personnel Retention
          Vulnerability
          Stress Management
          Work-Life Balance
          Mentorship
          Psychological Well-Being
      ab: Globally, health care is presently characterized by profound recruitment/retention difficulties. Its systems are currently experiencing an unprecedented workforce crisis marked by high attrition rates and mental health challenges from recruitment onward. This is especially urgent in professions that risk burnout, such as those that expose workers to secondary trauma and require societally undervalued compassionate labor skills (eg, empathy, meticulousness, patience). While numerous studies have highlighted these risks, fewer have explored how institutional structures can proactively respond to this generational shift. Our goal is to provide integrative position paper that synthesizes key findings on etiological and concomitant factors into a structured framework inspired by self-determination and subjective well-being theories to inform practice, policy, and future research. We integrate scientific evidence to examine key factors behind psychological distress in two-thirds of university students and health care recruits in mostly female professions. Psychological difficulties have associated risks for recruitment/performance/retention of workers. Specific pre-existing individual characteristics must be considered, especially in incoming recruits of this generation. This synthesis proposes mental wellness as a central strategy for recruitment and retention in human resource management. Increased and pre-esisting distress affects worker retention. Individual vulnerabilities such as parenting, smartphone and social media use, loneliness, and pre-existing conditions play a role. Consequently, educational and health care institutions should prioritize strategies that enhance subjective well-being, transparency, and work-life balance. Psychological training focused on self-awareness, character strengths, stress management, and growth-oriented effort-reward dynamics is essential for retaining young health care professionals and ensuring workforce, workplace, and worker sustainability.
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