BIO

Name: Alanis Villaquiran
Research Interests: Topics on Mental health and Disabilities
Hometown: Miami, FL
Career goals: I aspire to do something in the Forensics field in the future, specifically forensics psychology on the pre-law track. Hopefully, join the FBI.
Fun fact: I have two dogs; a pug and a mixed pekingese
Fav TV show: Criminal Minds

Exploring Impacts of Psychosocial Factors on Receiving Accomodations and Employment Outcome

Abstract

This quantitative study aims to better understand the impacts of psychosocial factors regarding getting accommodations among people with disabilities, and how the receiving of accommodations may further impact employment outcomes (e.g., job satisfaction and job performance).
Our research was conducted on 596 participants with disabilities recruited from multiple national and state organizations and agencies serving or advocating for people with disabilities such as the American Association of People with Disabilities, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and its state chapters. A  mediation model was conducted to investigate the impacts of the psychosocial factors, by running factor analyses for computing coefficient omega and the mediation model in Mplus 8.4. The results demonstrate the significance of workplace supports on receiving workplace accommodation and job satisfaction among people with disabilities; the results also show the direct impact of receiving accommodation on job satisfaction. No relations were found among other variables in the study.

Keywords: Workplace Accomodations, Workplace Support, Receiving Accomodations, Self-Efficacy, Positive and Negative Affect