Exploring reentry: The role of functioning, vocational identity, and core self-evaluations on community integration
Greco, Chelsea Ellen
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Description
Title
Exploring reentry: The role of functioning, vocational identity, and core self-evaluations on community integration
Author(s)
Greco, Chelsea Ellen
Issue Date
2021-06-08
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Strauser, David R
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Strauser, David R
Committee Member(s)
Kosciulek, John F
Alston, Reginald J
O'Sullivan, Deirdre
Department of Study
Kinesiology & Community Health
Discipline
Community Health
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
reentry
career development
rehabilitation
functioning
vocational identity
core self-evaluations
Abstract
Individuals that 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 that have been previously incarcerated, this study explored the relationships between individual health functioning, career development 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. In addition to the structural model, hierarchical regression analyses were used and identified both trauma and recovery capital as significant predictors of overall functioning. Career development activities aimed at core self-evaluations and increasing meaning in employment may reduce some of the barriers experienced by individuals post incarceration. Additionally, recovery capital and trauma may also be important screening tools to understand some of the contextual factors influencing an individual’s overall functioning.
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