Personal factors of professional participation in the context of vision impairment - brief
Personal factors of professional participation in the context of vision impairment - brief

Summary/Abstract: We have proposed in this study an exploratory analysis of some potential factors of professional participation in a group of 80 participants with impaired sight, through a set of socio-demographic, disability related variables and aspects of psychological functioning. In this regard, we explored differences by employment status (occupied or not) and associations with time spent with work (measured in hours per week), focusing on: gender of participants, their age, educational level, residual vision level, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, satisfaction with life, self-efficacy, self-perceived independence, social support level, satisfaction with involvement in social activities, level of busyness self-appreciation, financial level and self-perceived health. The present paper summarizes a study that makes part of a larger work regarding participation in the context of vision impairment and has been previously published in an extensive manner at national level.

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