abstract: 'Background: Social and environmental participation endeavors are

  theorized to shape one''s general satisfaction with the overall

  employment situation facing people with MS.

  Objective: Responding to a national survey of the employment concerns of

  Americans with multiple sclerosis (MS), this study examined the extent

  to which factors at the demographic, disease-related, and social and

  environmental participation levels contribute to the predictability

  power for general satisfaction with the employment situation for people

  with MS.

  Method: Participants in this study consisted of 1,149 members of nine

  National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) chapters representing 21

  states and Washington, DC. In a hierarchical multiple regression

  analysis, participants were mostly older (average age of 50 years) White

  (74\%) individuals, nearly half of whom were unemployed (47\%) but well

  educated (98\% were high school graduates, 45\% were college graduates).

  Findings: Findings underscore the complexity involved in predicting how

  satisfied people with MS are with their overall employment situation.

  Conclusions: Younger, less educated individuals with higher levels of

  perceived quality of life who were employed full-time and experiencing

  no or lower levels of cognitive impairment were more likely than other

  participants to be satisfied with 17 high-priority employment concerns.'
affiliation: 'Li, J (Corresponding Author), Kent State Univ, Sch Fdn Leadership \&
  Adm, POB 5190,316-O White Hall, Kent, OH 44242 USA.

  Li, Jian; Rumrill, Phillip D., Jr., Kent State Univ, Kent, OH 44242 USA.

  Krause, James, Med Univ South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425 USA.'
author: Li, Jian and Roessler, Richard T. and Rumrill Jr., Phillip D. and Krause,
  James
author-email: jli42@kent.edu
author_list:
- family: Li
  given: Jian
- family: Roessler
  given: Richard T.
- family: Rumrill Jr.
  given: Phillip D.
- family: Krause
  given: James
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1891/RE-19-20
eissn: 2168-6661
files: []
issn: 2168-6653
journal: REHABILITATION RESEARCH POLICY AND EDUCATION
keywords: 'multiple sclerosis; employment expectation; vocational rehabilitation;

  employment concerns'
keywords-plus: 'VOCATIONAL-REHABILITATION SERVICES; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; WORK; DIFFICULTIES;

  PREDICTORS; DISABILITY; MOTIVATION; MANAGEMENT; BARRIERS; OUTCOMES'
language: English
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '59'
pages: 86-102
papis_id: 06df9599d818d3b30f6b9b6d516320b3
ref: Li2020determinantsgeneral
times-cited: '0'
title: Determinants of General Satisfaction With the Employment Situation Among People
  With Multiple Sclerosis
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000541738000003
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '1'
volume: '34'
web-of-science-categories: Rehabilitation
year: '2020'