Lawyers Have 'Poorer Wellbeing' Than General English Population
Early findings from the new study of lawyers in England and Wales suggests that lawyers have poor well-being.
February 06, 2020 at 04:09 AM
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Lawyers in England and Wales have poorer psychological well-being than the general English population, according to early findings from a study by researchers at the University of East London and Birkbeck, University of London.
In a survey of 340 trainee and qualified solicitors, lawyers measured an average score of 44.3 on the Warwick-Edinburgh mental well-being scale – over five points lower than the national adult average of 49.9.
Psychological well-being refers to a person's overall state of feeling, and functioning, well. The study is the first to benchmark lawyers' psychological well-being against national data.
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