Environment and Social Psychology Public employment services and rural NEETs aged 25-29: A case study from the South-West Region in Bulgaria Vladislava Lendzhova, Valentina Milenkova, Albena Nakova, Emilia Chengelova https://doi.org/10.59429/esp.v9i8.2730 Abstract Background: The concept of youth not in education, training, and employment (NEET) is a relatively new popular concept. Its popularity is largely due to the fact that it takes into consideration different vulnerabilities such as unemployment and early school leaving, which are common among young people. The complexity of…

Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology Rural NEETs’ hope across the COVID-19 pandemic: A bioecological longitudinal mapping Francisco Simões https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2860 Abstract My aim is to map the socioecology of rural emergent adults Not in Employment, nor in Education or Training (NEET)’s hope during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The study involved 213 participants (M age = 26.35; DP = 4.15; 66.20% women) in a three-wave longitudinal study running between June 2020 and June 2021, in The Azores Islands, Portugal. Inspired by the bioecological model and using…