Cognitive and social functioning correlates of employment among people with severe mental illness

Saavedra, Javier; L�pez, Marcelino; Gonz�lez, Sergio; Arias, Samuel; Crawford, Paul

Abstract

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.

Citation

Saavedra, J., López, M., González, S., Arias, S., & Crawford, P. (2015). Cognitive and social functioning correlates of employment among people with severe mental illness. Community Mental Health Journal, 52(7), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9874-4

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 9, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Apr 21, 2015
• Publication Date: Oct 31, 2015
• Deposit Date: Jan 31, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 31, 2017
• Journal: Community Mental Health Journal
• Print ISSN: 0010-3853
• Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 7
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9874-4
• Keywords: Serious mental illness, Cognitive function, Social function, Employment, Social firms
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/762826
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9874-4
• Additional Information: The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9874-4