Fortin Guillaume, Lecomte Tania, Corbière Marc
a Department of Psychology , Université de Montréal , Montréal, Quebec , Canada and.
b Department of Education , Université du Québec à Montréal , Montréal, Quebec , Canada.
J Ment Health. 2017 Jun;26(3):248-256. doi: 10.1080/09638237.2016.1276534. Epub 2017 Jan 13.
When employment difficulties in people with severe mental illness (SMI) occur, it could be partly linked to issues not specific to SMI, such as personality traits or problems. Despite the fact that personality has a marked influence on almost every aspect of work behavior, it has scarcely been investigated in the context of employment for people with SMI.
We aimed to evaluate if personality was more predictive than clinical variables of different competitive work outcomes, namely acquisition of competitive employment, delay to acquisition and job tenure.
A sample of 82 people with a SMI enrolled in supported employment programs (SEP) was recruited and asked to complete various questionnaires and interviews. Statistical analyses included logistic regressions and survival analyses (Cox regressions).
Prior employment, personality problems and negative symptoms are significantly related to acquisition of a competitive employment and to delay to acquisition whereas the conscientiousness personality trait was predictive of job tenure.
Our results point out the relevance of personality traits and problems as predictors of work outcomes in people with SMI registered in SEP. Future studies should recruit larger samples and also investigate these links with other factors related to work outcomes.
严重精神疾病（SMI）患者出现就业困难时，可能部分与非SMI特有的问题有关，如人格特质或问题。尽管人格对工作行为的几乎每个方面都有显著影响，但在SMI患者就业背景下对此几乎没有进行过研究。
我们旨在评估人格是否比不同竞争性工作结果的临床变量更具预测性，这些结果包括获得竞争性就业、获得就业的延迟以及工作任期。
招募了82名参加支持性就业项目（SEP）的SMI患者样本，并要求他们完成各种问卷调查和访谈。统计分析包括逻辑回归和生存分析（Cox回归）。
既往就业情况、人格问题和阴性症状与获得竞争性就业以及获得就业的延迟显著相关，而尽责性人格特质可预测工作任期。
我们的结果指出了人格特质和问题作为SEP中登记的SMI患者工作结果预测因素的相关性。未来的研究应招募更大的样本，并研究这些联系与其他工作结果相关因素的关系。
