Research Database: Article Details
| Citation: | Cmar, J.L., & McDonnall, M.C. (2021). Long-term effects of a job search intervention for transition-age youth with visual impairments. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 55 (1), 91-105. |
| Title: | Long-term effects of a job search intervention for transition-age youth with visual impairments |
| Authors: | Cmar, J.L., & McDonnall, M.C. |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Journal/Publication: | Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation |
| Publisher: | IOS Press |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3233/JVR-211149 |
| Full text: | https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-vocational-rehabil... |
| Peer-reviewed? | Yes |
| NIDILRR-funded? | Yes |
Structured abstract:
| Background: | Research supports the short-term benefits of a job search intervention for youth with visual impairments, but its effectiveness over time has not been explored. |
| Purpose: | We examined the long-term effects of a research-based job search intervention on job search knowledge, job search behavior, job search self-efficacy, and employment outcomes. |
| Data collection and analysis: | We conducted a longitudinal study with 92 youth with visual impairments using a two-group, quasi-experimental repeated-measures design. The intervention group received 35–40 hours of job search skills training, and the comparison group received usual services. Data collection included telephone surveys at pretest, posttest, 8-month follow-up, and 14-month follow-up. |
| Findings: | Intervention group participants had increases in job search knowledge, job search behavior, and job search behavior self-efficacy at posttest; they maintained increases in knowledge and self-efficacy, but not behavior. Comparison group participants also had increases in job search behavior and job search behavior self-efficacy at the end of the study. Changes in job search outcomes self-efficacy were not evident for either group; neither were differences in post-intervention employment. |
| Conclusions: | The intervention had lasting effects on job search knowledge, but findings for other outcomes over time were mixed. Both groups had low employment rates throughout the study. |
| Disabilities served: |
Blindness Visual impairment |
| Interventions: |
Training and technical assistance Vocational rehabilitation Transition services |
| Outcomes: |
Employment acquisition Full-time employment |