title: Cognitive and Social Functioning Correlates of Employment Among People with Severe Mental Illness.
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, and working in an 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Seville, C/Camilo José Cela, s/n, 41018, Seville, Spain. fjsaavedra@us.es.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saavedra
authors.affiliation: Andalusia's Public Foundation for the Social Integration of Persons with Mental Disorder (FAISEM), Avda. Las Ciencias, 27, Acc. A, 41020, Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: Marcelino
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: López
authors.affiliation: Andalusia's Public Foundation for the Social Integration of Persons with Mental Disorder (FAISEM), Avda. Las Ciencias, 27, Acc. A, 41020, Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: González
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Seville, C/Camilo José Cela, s/n, 41018, Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arias
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, Centre for Social Futures, Institute of Mental Health, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000523:psychology; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012917:Social Adjustment
keywords: Cognitive function; Competitive employment; Employment; Serious mental illness; Social firms; Social function