Typology of personal readiness for employment in students with disabilities

Context and relevance. I In the context of labor shortage, employment issues for people with disabilities are of particular importance. The low level of employment of people with disabilities necessitates studying the psychological factors that influence their employment. Objective. To identify the state and typology of personal readiness for employment in students with disabilities at the stage of study at a university. Hypothesis. Students with disabilities have uniqueness in the state of personal readiness for employment and variability in the state of its components. Methods and materials. The study involved 50 university students with disabilities. Personal readiness for employment was assessed using a set of diagnostic tools that measured its core components: university adaptation, level of subjective control, and subjective well-being. The data were analyzed using factor analysis, cluster analysis, correlation analysis, and logistic regression. Results. The fundamental heterogeneity of the labor potential of disabled people and three latent factors (emotional-regulatory resource, motivational-volitional potential, social-academic adaptation) determining individual differences in personal readiness for employment are revealed. Three variants of personal readiness for employment are identified: those with specific risks of reduced readiness for employment, those with potential success, and those with a combination of limiting factors. Conclusions. The key vulnerability factors in the structure of personal readiness for employment in disabled people are a low level of emotional stability, a weak motivational-volitional base. Each individual's clusterof personal readiness for employment requires special support measures. The variables should be taken into account when promoting employment and identifying a risk group.

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