Provider: Ingenta Connect Database: Ingenta Connect Content: application/x-research-info-systems TY - ABST AU - Fitzgerald, Sandra AU - Deiches, Jonathan AU - Umucu, Emre AU - Brooks, Jessica AU - Muller, Veronica AU - Wu, Jia-Rung AU - Chan, Fong TI - Psychometric Properties of the Vocational Rehabilitation Engagement Scale When Used With People With Mental Illness in Clubhouse Settings JO - Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education PY - 2016-08-01T00:00:00/// VL - 30 IS - 3 SP - 276 EP - 285 N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this study was to validate the Vocational Rehabilitation Engagement Scale (VRES) for use in the Clubhouse Model of Psychosocial Rehabilitation.

Method: There were 124 individuals with serious mental illness recruited from 8 Clubhouse programs in Hawaii. Measurement structure of the VRES was evaluated using exploratory factor analysis.

Results: Exploratory factor analysis of the Clubhouse version of the VRES yielded 2 reliable factors (cognitive-affective engagement and behavioral engagement). Both the cognitive-affective engagement and behavioral engagement factors were found to correlate with other self-determination theory constructs including autonomy support, relatedness, and outcome expectancy.

Conclusions: The Clubhouse version of the VRES is a brief, reliable, and valid instrument for assessing vocational rehabilitation (VR) engagement and contributes to the use of self-determination as a paradigm for improving recovery outcomes in psychiatric rehabilitation. UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/springer/rrpe/2016/00000030/00000003/art00007 M3 - doi:10.1891/2168-6653.30.3.276 UR - https://doi.org/10.1891/2168-6653.30.3.276 ER -