abstract: 'Purpose/Objective: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led

  to devastating economic impacts and psychosocial changes for individuals

  around the world, including people with chronic illness and disabilities

  (CID). This study explored the impacts on employment and how it related

  to stress and satisfaction with life during COVID-19 between people with

  and without CID. Research Method/Design: A cross-sectional study design

  was used with 1,380 adults from 20 countries who were employed before

  the COVID-19 pandemic, including 318 people with CID. Statistical

  methods (i.e., descriptive statistics, chi-square analyses, two-way

  analysis of variances) were used to analyze the time, employment, group,

  and interaction effects. Results: There were three main findings. (1)

  Compared with those without CID, individuals with CID were more likely

  to have their employment impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and they were

  more often laid off or dismissed from their job. (2) Individuals with

  CID reported significantly higher stress and lower life satisfaction

  compared with those without CID during the COVID-19 pandemic regardless

  of its impacts on employment. (3) Individuals whose employment was

  impacted reported significantly lower life satisfaction during the

  COVID-19 pandemic regardless of their CID status.

  Conclusion/Implications: Findings highlight the employment and

  psychosocial impacts of a global pandemic and provide implications for

  moving forward in regards to vocational and psychosocial intervention

  services and supports that will be needed, especially for those with

  CID.

  Impact and Implications This study extends existing literature by

  analyzing impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

  across the globe on employment and psychosocial outcomes (i.e., stress

  and life satisfaction) for people with chronic illness and disability

  (CID) compared with those without CID and informs research and practices

  for supporting those who have been adversely impacted. Given the

  significant negative impacts of COVID-19 on employment for individuals

  with CID in comparison with those without CID, vocational rehabilitation

  agencies should provide vocational supports for individuals with CID and

  work to develop new employment options. Researchers and practitioners

  should develop effective vocational and psychosocial intervention

  strategies (e.g., through telehealth) to resolve global employment and

  mental health issues related to COVID-19 to minimize inequality between

  individuals with and without CID and improve their quality of life.'
affiliation: 'Sung, C (Corresponding Author), Michigan State Univ, Dept Counseling
  Educ Psychol \& Special Educ, 620 Farm Lane,Room 460, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA.

  Park, Jiyoon, Changwon Natl Univ, Dept Special Educ, Chang Won, South Korea.

  Park, Jiyoon; Sung, Connie; Fisher, Marisa H.; Okyere, Christiana; Kammes, Rebecca
  R., Michigan State Univ, MSU DOCTRID Michigan State Univ Daughters Char Te, Res
  Disabil Res Inst, Hegarty Fellow Program, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA.

  Sung, Connie; Fisher, Marisa H.; Okyere, Christiana; Kammes, Rebecca R., Michigan
  State Univ, Dept Counseling Educ Psychol \& Special Educ, 620 Farm Lane,Room 460,
  E Lansing, MI 48824 USA.

  Sung, Connie; Fisher, Marisa H., Michigan State Univ, Ctr Res Autism Intellectual
  \& Other Neurodev Disa, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA.'
author: Park, Jiyoon and Sung, Connie and Fisher, Marisa H. and Okyere, Christiana
  and Kammes, Rebecca R.
author-email: csung@msu.edu
author_list:
- family: Park
  given: Jiyoon
- family: Sung
  given: Connie
- family: Fisher
  given: Marisa H.
- family: Okyere
  given: Christiana
- family: Kammes
  given: Rebecca R.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1037/rep0000420
earlyaccessdate: MAY 2022
eissn: 1939-1544
files: []
issn: 0090-5550
journal: REHABILITATION PSYCHOLOGY
keywords: COVID-19; chronic illness; disabilities; employment; psychosocial
keywords-plus: MENTAL-HEALTH; UNEMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT; OUTBREAK; DISEASE; WORK; LIFE
language: English
month: AUG
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '57'
orcid-numbers: 'Fisher, Marisa H./0000-0003-4938-4773

  Kammes, Rebecca/0000-0003-3272-7063

  Sung, Connie/0000-0001-7564-3738'
pages: 381-390
papis_id: 2cc659519aace45f265e21a15cf8e0f3
ref: Park2022psychosocialvocation
researcherid-numbers: 'Fisher, Marisa H/AAB-8320-2019

  '
times-cited: '2'
title: Psychosocial and Vocational Impacts of COVID-19 on People With and Without
  Disabilities
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000793441400001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '2'
volume: '67'
web-of-science-categories: Psychology, Clinical; Rehabilitation
year: '2022'