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dc.contributor.authorWestcott, Cassandra
dc.contributor.authorWaghorn, Geoff
dc.contributor.authorMcClean, Duncan
dc.contributor.authorStratham, Dixie
dc.contributor.authorMowry, Bryan
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-22T01:06:28Z
dc.date.available2018-03-22T01:06:28Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn1741-1645
dc.identifier.doi10.12968/ijtr.2017.24.12.510
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/372019
dc.description.abstractBackground/Aims: Role functioning is an important part of recovery and psychiatric rehabilitation for people with schizophrenia. However, little is known about why some people and not others return to socially valued roles such as employment. While the demographic and clinical correlates of employment have been extensively studied, little is known about how employment interest forms and develops into actual employment activity. The aim was to compare demographic and clinical correlates of employment interest to correlates of actual employment participation. Methods: A community sample of 255 working-age adults with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were interviewed about their current employment status and current employment interest. Univariate logistic regression was used to examine the demographic and clinical correlates of both employment interest and participation. Findings: Age, employment history and severity of current hallucinations were associated with both employment interest and participation, while illness severity pattern, illness course, severity of disability, and severity of avolition were associated only with employment participation. Conclusions: Resilience of employment interest to the clinical symptoms of schizophrenia is a promising finding. Those with more severe illness patterns and more impaired functioning can remain good candidates for vocational rehabilitation, because interest and motivation for employment may be unaffected.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMark Allen Group
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom510
dc.relation.ispartofpageto519
dc.relation.ispartofissue12
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation
dc.relation.ispartofvolume24
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical Sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode110399
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1103
dc.titleCorrelates of employment interest among adults with schizophrenia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.griffith.authorWaghorn, Geoff R.


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