Out of control. Analysing precarity and its effect on the psychological wellbeing of youth under an intersectional perspective

OUTIP’s general objective is to study the impact of precarity on psychological wellbeing among Spanish youth, considering the mediating role of vulnerability through an analytical intersectional framework. It conceives precarity as the perceived insecurity based on a subjective evaluation regarding one’s current employment and/or economic conditions. Opting for applying the concept of precarity allows OUTIP to bridge two strands of literature (job precariousness and economic insecurity), which have mainly developed independently in spite of the commonalitiesin their research object. The first original point of this project would thus be arguing for a direct impact of precarity on psychological wellbeing, considering at the same time its work-related and economicrelated dimensions of insecurity. As a second original contribution, we argue that the
higher vulnerability of young people to mental health issues depends on several
economic and social determinants, as well as on specific individual circumstances.
Vulnerability mediates between precarity and psychological wellbeing, and it will be conceived in intersectional terms - taking gender into account in this project. We focus on youth as we consider that they are particularly vulnerable to mental health issue, due to their specific moment in life course.