Counsellors' focus on competitive employment for people with severe mental illness: an application of the theory of planned behaviour in vocational rehabilitation programmes. Issue 1 (1st January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Knaeps, Jeroen; Neyens, Inge; van Weeghel, Jaap; Van Audenhove, Chantal
• Is Part Of: British journal of guidance & counselling. Volume 44:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 57
• Page End: 71
• Publication Date: 2016-01-01
• Subjects: Theory of Planned Behaviour -- vocational rehabilitation -- severe mental illness -- counsellors -- structural equation modelling; Educational counseling -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Vocational guidance -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 371.4
• DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2015.1007443
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-9885

Abstract

Abstract : Although the evidence-based Individual Placement and Support programme highlights the importance of the vocational rehabilitation (VR) counsellors' focus on competitive employment during career counselling, studies have shown that counsellors do not always target such jobs. This study examines which determinants affect the counsellors' intentions using an extended version of the Theory of Planned Behaviour. Cross-sectional data of 263 VR counsellors of three public employment services were analysed using structural equation modelling. A path model comprising attitudes, prior behaviour, and subjective and moral norms explained 69% of the variance in intentions. The findings indicate that counsellors focus more on competitive employment when they (1) view the placement in a competitive job as positive, (2) experience support and (3) have prior relevant experiences.