Cognitive and social functioning correlates of employment among people with severe mental illness
We assess how social and cognitive functioning is associated to gaining employment for 213 people diagnosed with severe mental illness taking part in employment programs in Andalusia (Spain). We used the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status and the Social Functioning Sc...
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| author | Saavedra, Javier López, Marcelino González, Sergio Arias, Samuel Crawford, Paul |
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| description | We assess how social and cognitive functioning is associated to gaining employment for 213 people diagnosed with severe mental illness taking part in employment programs in Andalusia (Spain). We used the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status and the Social Functioning Scale and conducted two binary logistical regression analyses. Response variables were: having a job or not, in ordinary companies (OCs) and social enterprises (SEs), and working in and OC or not. There were two variables with significant adjusted odds ratios for having a job: “attention” and “Educational level”. There were five variables with significant odds ratios for having a job in an OC: “Sex”, “Educational level”, “Attention”, “Communication”, and “Independence-competence”. The study looks at the possible benefits of combining employment with support and social enterprises in employment programs for these people and underlines how both social and cognitive functioning are central to developing employment models. |
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| spelling | nottingham-401922020-05-04T17:18:24Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40192/ Cognitive and social functioning correlates of employment among people with severe mental illness Saavedra, Javier López, Marcelino González, Sergio Arias, Samuel Crawford, Paul We assess how social and cognitive functioning is associated to gaining employment for 213 people diagnosed with severe mental illness taking part in employment programs in Andalusia (Spain). We used the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status and the Social Functioning Scale and conducted two binary logistical regression analyses. Response variables were: having a job or not, in ordinary companies (OCs) and social enterprises (SEs), and working in and OC or not. There were two variables with significant adjusted odds ratios for having a job: “attention” and “Educational level”. There were five variables with significant odds ratios for having a job in an OC: “Sex”, “Educational level”, “Attention”, “Communication”, and “Independence-competence”. The study looks at the possible benefits of combining employment with support and social enterprises in employment programs for these people and underlines how both social and cognitive functioning are central to developing employment models. Springer 2015-10-31 Article PeerReviewed Saavedra, Javier, López, Marcelino, González, Sergio, Arias, Samuel and Crawford, Paul (2015) Cognitive and social functioning correlates of employment among people with severe mental illness. Community Mental Health Journal, 52 (7). pp. 851-858. ISSN 1573-2789 Serious mental illness Cognitive function Social function Employment Social firms http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9874-4 doi:10.1007/s10597-015-9874-4 doi:10.1007/s10597-015-9874-4 |
| spellingShingle | Serious mental illness Cognitive function Social function Employment Social firms Saavedra, Javier López, Marcelino González, Sergio Arias, Samuel Crawford, Paul Cognitive and social functioning correlates of employment among people with severe mental illness |
| title | Cognitive and social functioning correlates of employment among people with severe mental illness |
| title_full | Cognitive and social functioning correlates of employment among people with severe mental illness |
| title_fullStr | Cognitive and social functioning correlates of employment among people with severe mental illness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cognitive and social functioning correlates of employment among people with severe mental illness |
| title_short | Cognitive and social functioning correlates of employment among people with severe mental illness |
| title_sort | cognitive and social functioning correlates of employment among people with severe mental illness |
| topic | Serious mental illness Cognitive function Social function Employment Social firms |
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