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. 2021 Jan;57(1):178-188.
doi: 10.1007/s10597-020-00630-7. Epub 2020 May 23.

Examining Psychological Self-Sufficiency Among Low-Income Jobseekers with Mental Health Barriers

Philip Young P Hong  1 , Rana Hong  2 , Sangmi Choi  3 , David R Hodge  4
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Examining Psychological Self-Sufficiency Among Low-Income Jobseekers with Mental Health Barriers

Philip Young P Hong et al. Community Ment Health J. 2021 Jan.

Abstract

The study is to investigate psychological self-sufficiency-the force within someone that activates cognitive and non-cognitive process of shifting perceived barriers into hope actions-as it relates to economic self-sufficiency among jobseekers with mental health barriers. Among a sample of 2455 low-income jobseekers in job readiness programs at six community-based agencies in Chicago, a subsample of 424 who self-identified as having mental illness barriers are selected to analyze the relationships between employment hope, employment barriers, and economic self-sufficiency using structural equation modeling. Results indicate that employment hope mediates the path between perceived employment barriers and economic self-sufficiency. The study further highlights the positive effects of employment barriers on employment hope among jobseekers with perceived mental illnesses. The findings support growing evidence that psychological self-sufficiency is positively associated with gaining economic self-sufficiency in workforce development programs.

Keywords: Economic self-sufficiency; Employment barriers; Employment hope; Mental health; Psychological self-sufficiency; Structural equation modeling.

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