EĞİTİMDE VE İSTİHDAMDA YER ALMAYAN GENÇLER (NEET) AÇISINDAN YAKIN İLİŞKİ VE EVLİLİK: BİR ALANYAZIN TARAMASI

Öz

Eğitimde ve istihdamda yer almayan (NEET) bireylerin her biri farklı özelliklere sahip olabilmektedir. NEET grubu, toplum içerisinde işlevselliğin bu iki ayağında yer almadığında, diğer bir önemli ayak olan yakın ilişki kurma/evlilik açısından da bu durumun yansımaları olabilmektedir. Bu çalışma, kavramsal alan yazın taramasına dayalı bir derleme çalışmasıdır. Bu kapsamda 1990-2026 yılları arasında yayınlanan ve açık erişime sahip ulusal/uluslararası çalışmalar Google Akademik’te ve Ulakbim Keşif’te “yakın ilişki”, “evlilik” ve “NEET” anahtar kelimelerine göre taranmış, karşılaştırılarak okunmuş ve bütünleştirici biçimde değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışmanın amacı, NEET grubunun yakın ilişki kurma/evlilik adımı atma/evliliği deneyimleme ile bağlantılı özelliklerini, belirtilen tarih aralığında ortaya konulan alan yazın çerçevesinde ele almaktır. Çalışmanın önemi, NEET grubunun yakın ilişki kurma açısından genel durumunu anlama konusunda bir başlangıç adımı atmasından kaynaklanmaktadır. Bireylerin farklı nedenlerle (örneğin ekonomik dezavantajın olması, iş bulamama, öğretimine devam etmesine engel koşulların oluşu ya da bir sağlık sorunu olduğu için) NEET grubuna dahil oldukları ifade edilmelidir. Ayrıca, kadınların genel olarak NEET grubunda bulunma olasılıklarının daha yüksek olduğu görülmektedir. Kadınlar, evli olup çocuklarına bakma konusunda desteğe sahip olup olmamalarına bağlı olarak da; bekar olarak da NEET grubuna dahil olabilmektedirler. Sonuç olarak, NEET grubunda gözlemlenebilen, olumsuz benlik algısı, kendi potansiyelini ortaya koyamama, iyimser olmama niteliklerinin yakın ilişki/evlilik açısından da olumsuz bir faktör olarak etki gösterebileceği; sosyal bilimcilerin bu durumu çeşitli perspektiflerden ele almaları gerektiği görülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Eğitimde ve istihdamda yer almayan bireyler
• Yakın ilişki
• Evlilik
• Beliren yetişkinlik

CLOSE RELATIONSHIP AND MARRIAGE SPECIALTIES OF NEETS: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Öz

NEETs have different qualities, although all of them belong to the same cluster. Their cofeatures are participating neither education nor employment. Because NEETs do not fall within these important pillars, this may have an important echo on another pillar, establishing close relationship/marriage, reminding marriage has an economic base. A member of NEETs can be either female or male; either married or single. In each case, the individual would experience the state specifically. This study is a conceptual literature review and it encompasses the specialities of NEETs which are related to their qualities/actions about close relationship/marriage. The researches that are published between 1990-2026 and indexed in Google Scholar and Ulakbim Discovery are scanned with the key words “close relationship”, “marriage” and “NEETs”. The aim of the research is taking the close relationship qualities of NEETs into consideration within these researches. Individuals can become a member of NEETs because they have economic disadvantage, because they cannot get a job, because they cannot continue education or because they have a health problem. It is also seen that women have a higher probability to become a member of NEETs, in comparison to men. It is seen that women may have difficulties about employment when they are married and have a child. Or women also experience difficulties when they are single. Consequently, because NEETs could have a negative self-perception, difficulties about asserting their own potentiality and not being optimistic, these negative specialties may effect their existing/potencial close relationship/marriage. Therefore, social scientists should approach this phenomenon within various perspectives.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• NEETs
• close relationship
• marriage
• emerging adulthood

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