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Desire to be employed and self esteem

Brief Introduction:

The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a significant relationship between the desire to be employed and the self-esteem among people with psychiatric disabilities. The term “psychiatric disability” is predominately used when mental illness significantly interferes with the performance of major life activities such as learning, working and communicating (Zuckerma 1993).

People who have any form of disability have at one point of time in their lives faced problem in interacting with people in their community (Zuckerma et.al 1993). Disability is a limitation of performance in one or more activities that are generally accepted as essential basic components of daily living. This means an individual may be incapable of some degree of independence (Reynell, 1970). Based on this, disability does not only limit the individual's opportunities and cause frustration, but it also creates prejudice in other more fortunate able bodied (Reynell, 1970). Unemployment is relatively high among people with psychiatric disability as compared to people without disability.

Another issue of concern among people with psychiatric disability is self esteem. Self-esteem is defined as personal feelings or opinions of oneself (Lewis, 2002).

This individual evaluation is believed to be significant to the individual's optional adjustment and functioning. The definition associated with self-esteem in reference to disability can be defined as a disabled person evaluating his or her capacity to perform in the society. It seems to be that one of the reasons that people with psychiatry disability tend to have self esteem problem and the stigmas associated with the disorder. (Roessler, 1978)

METHODS AND PROCEDURES

The Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (Rosenberg 1965) and the work involvement scale (Lodahl & Kejner, 1965) will be distributed to a sample of 30 persons with psychiatric disabilities who are participating in an intensive vocational rehabilitation program and actively seeking employment opportunity. The Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale is a 10-item scale measured on a 4-point likert Scale (1=strongly agree, 2=agree, 3=disagree, 4=strongly disagree). The scale ranges from 0-30. Scores between 15 and 25 are within the normal range and scores below 15 suggest low self-esteem. The Rosenberg self esteem scale is designed to measure individual's self esteem and it has high reliability; test-retest correlation typically range of .82 to .88, and Cronbach's alpha for various samples in the range from .77 to .88 (Rosenberg 1965).

The Work involvement scale (Lodahl & Kejner, 1965) is designed to measure the extent to which a person want to be engaged in work. The Likert-scale instrument has 6 items (1=strongly agree, 2=agree, 3=disagree, 4= strongly disagree). The scale has an internal reliability alpha coefficient of .86. The work Involvement Scale Lodahl & Kejner (1965) is a public domain, and it also accepts minor changes to the instructions when necessary. Test-retest correlations range of .74 to .82, and Cronbach's alpha for various samples range from .75 to .80 (Lodahl & Kejner 1965).

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