ATTITUDINAL AND PERCEPTUAL CORRELATES OF EMPLOYMENT STATUS AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES

The purpose of this study was to investigate the contribution of selec ted attitudinal and perceptual variables to employment status. One hun dred eighty-six African Americans from throughout the United States pa rticipated in the study. Several attitudinal and perceptual measures w ere obtained along with information regarding employment status. A dis criminant analysis indicated that three variables were significantly r elated to employment status. Positive attitudes toward employment, pos itive attitudes toward seeking and receiving rehabilitation services a nd high self-esteem were all significantly associated with being emplo yed or looking for employment rather than being unemployed and not loo king for employment.