Community integration as reentry: Understanding functioning, vocational identity, and core self‐evaluations

Individuals who have experienced incarceration are an underserved population in need of career development to reduce barriers to employment. Given the high rates of disability and health concerns for individuals who have been previously incarcerated, this study explored the relationships between ind...

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Published in:The Career development quarterly 2023-09, Vol.71 (3), p.206-222
Main Authors: Brehmer, Chelsea E., Strauser, David R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Career Counseling
Career Development
Career development planning
Careers
Chronic illnesses
Communities of Practice
community integration
Community Relations
Correctional Rehabilitation
Criminal records
Criminals
Disability
Employment
Environmental Influences
Family Relationship
functioning
Health Conditions
Imprisonment
Justice
Life Satisfaction
Locus of Control
Participation
Physical Disabilities
Prisoners
Recidivism
reentry
rehabilitation
Self Actualization
Self Efficacy
Self evaluation
Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Social aspects
Society
Structural equation modeling
Structural Equation Models
Vocational interests
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Summary:Individuals who have experienced incarceration are an underserved population in need of career development to reduce barriers to employment. Given the high rates of disability and health concerns for individuals who have been previously incarcerated, this study explored the relationships between individual health functioning, vocational identity, core self‐evaluations, and community integration. Using structural equation modeling structural regression, results showed that functional difficulties negatively impact vocational identity and core self‐evaluations. Conversely, core self‐evaluations significantly improve community integration and mediate a positive relationship between vocational identity and community integration. Career development activities aimed at core self‐evaluations and increasing meaning in employment may reduce some of the barriers experienced by individuals post incarceration.
ISSN:0889-4019
2161-0045
DOI:10.1002/cdq.12328