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Journal of Applied Psychological Research (22518126)16(1)pp. 247-265
The present study examined the relationship of core self-evaluation with proactive personality with employability, with the mediating roles of career adaptability, career exploration, and career planning. This research was descriptive-correlational in nature. The present research encompassed all undergraduate students at the University of Isfahan in the academic year 2021-2022, a total of 9500 students (6199 women, 3301 men). A total of 1025 students (803 women, 222 men) completed the Self-Perceived Employability Scale (SPES), Core Self-Evaluation Scale (CSES), Proactive Personality Scale (PPS), Career Adapt-Ability Scale (CAAS), Career Planning Scale (CPS), and Career Exploration Scale (CES). The data was analyzed using the SPSS 23 and AMOS 23 statistical programs, which implemented structural equation modeling and bootstrapping analysis. The results of structural equation modeling indicated that career adaptability, career exploration, and career planning played partial mediating roles in the relationship between core self-evaluation and employability, and a full mediating role in the relationship between proactive personality and employability. Ultimately, career exploration and career planning served as complete mediators in the relationship between employability and career adaptability. Employability may be achieved through proactive personality, career exploration, and career planning, as well as core self-evaluation. Therefore, universities may organize seminars that emphasize these variables to enhance their employability. © The Author(s).
Iran Occupational Health (17355133)20(2)pp. 31-48
Background and aims: This study aimed to compare the effect of a vocational rehabilitation program with CBT-based career counseling on career issues of individuals with bipolar disorder. Methods: The effectiveness of the vocational rehabilitation program was compared with the control group waiting with CBT-based career counseling in three settings: pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. The sampling method was purposeful in the first stage and available in the second stage. To evaluate the research data, descriptive statistical indicators (mean and SD) and inferential statistical methods, multivariate analysis of variance test with repeated measures, were used. Results: The results showed that the vocational rehabilitation program was effective on career issues (p <0.0001) of individuals with bipolar disorder, and the effectiveness was also continuous after one-month follow-up (p <0.0001). However, CBT-based career counseling was ineffective on career issues (p <0.86). Conclusion: It appears that the vocational rehabilitation program has a lasting effect on improving the career issues of individuals with bipolar disorder, and this approach can be used to develop the career of individuals with bipolar disorder. © 2024 Iran University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.
Iran Occupational Health (17355133)20(2)
Background and aims: *The objective of the present study was to investigate the model of career issues of individuals with bipolar disorder and to develop a vocational rehabilitation program tailored to these individuals. Methods: *This research consisted of two parts. The first part aimed to discover the career issues of people with bipolar disorder, which were extracted from three sources: articles published on the subject of career issues of people with bipolar disorder (N=34), interviews with people with bipolar disorder (N=48), and interviews with experts who have worked in this field (N=11). These were extracted using a qualitative method (exploratory meta-synthesis). Then, based on these extracted factors, in the second part of the research, the model of career issues was designed. Finally, based on this model, the vocational rehabilitation program for people with bipolar disorder was prepared and formulated. Results: *Based on the findings of the research in the career issues model of people with bipolar disorder, the conditional factors lead to the emergence of factors, developing career issues. These factors also exacerbate the disorder symptoms, and after the worsening of the disorder symptoms, the factors that accelerate career issues lead to the formation of career issues in the two areas of poor work performance and feeling work insecurity. Also, the findings showed that the occupational rehabilitation program for people with bipolar disorder includes three levels of intervention on people in the workplace, family members, and the person with bipolar disorder. Conclusion: *Discovering career issues and developing rehabilitation programs for bipolar disorder are necessary for improving the career and mental health of persons with bipolar disorder. © 2024 Iran University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.
Journal of Applied Psychological Research (22518126)15(1)pp. 133-148
The present study aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of the Work Hope scale. The research method was descriptive and correlational. The research sample comprised the enrolled students of Isfahan University in the year 2021. Composed of 292 pupils (188 female and 104 male), the sample was compiled using a proportional stratified sampling method. For data collection, the Work Hope Scale and the General Self-Efficacy Questionnaire were used. AMOS-25 software was utilized to assess convergent validity and one-group and multi-group confirmatory factor analyses in order to ascertain the validity. The estimation of internal consistency was performed using SPSS-19 as a reliability indicator. The results of a one-group confirmatory factor analysis validated the measurement model in which objectives, agency, and pathway were considered as first-order factors and work optimism as a second-order factor. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis examining the relationship between gender and measurement weights, structural covariance, and measurement residuals revealed no statistically significant differences between the two groups. A statistically significant correlation (r = 0.47, p < 0.01) was observed between overall self-efficacy and work aspiration. Furthermore, the estimated Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the objectives, agency, and pathway subscales were 0.90, 0.71, and 0.74, respectively, for the entire scale. The results of the measurement invariance tests indicated that the conceptual paradigm for comprehending the work hope constructs is identical among males and females, suggesting that this scale may be suitable for use with both genders. © The Author(s).
Journal of Health and Safety at Work (23832088)13(4)pp. 754-778
Introduction: Due to the lack of an instrument for measuring the career issues of those with bipolar disorder, the present study was conducted to develop and examine the psychometric characteristics of the Career Issues Inventory for Persons with Bipolar Disorder (CII-BD). Material and Methods: To check the diagnostic validity, via purposive sampling and interviews by a psychiatrist, 108 people were selected from two sample groups (53 normal people and 55 participants with bipolar disorder). The items were extracted from three sources including scientific articles related to the career issues of bipolar people, interviews with individuals with bipolar disorder, and interviews with experts using the Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) systematic qualitative method. Finally, the items of the CII-BD were reduced to 81 questions. Content, construct, and convergent validity plus factor analysis of CII-BD were also examined. The reliability of CII-BD was evaluated by internal consistency and test-retest method with seven weeks intervals after the initial implementation of the CII-BD. Results: The convergent validity of the sum score of CII-BD with the sum score of the symptom inventory of people with bipolar disorder among the sample of normal people and the sample of persons with bipolar disorder was (r=0.79, P<0.01, N=53) and (r=0.78, P<0.0001, N=53) respectively. In construct validity examination, nine subscales were extracted using the factor analysis method with varimax rotation, which included communication problems, poor work performance, insecurity, grandiosity, unreliability, change-seeking, vulnerability, lack of boundaries, and lack of self-control towards the opposite sex. In the reliability analysis, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.96 (N=55, participants with bipolar disorder) and 0.86 (N=53, normal people), respectively, P<0.05, showing the high internal consistency of CII-BD. The test-retest correlation coefficient of the sum scores of the CII-BD was r = 0.91, P < 0.01, which indicated the credible stability of the CII-BD. Conclusion: The CII-BD is a valid and reliable instrument to measure the specific career issues of bipolar persons and their early vocational rehabilitation. It is suggested that future research should focus on choosing a job and job placement for bipolar disorder persons. © 2024 The Authors.
