Identity, self-sufficiency and disability in the context of educational and vocational activity
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2011
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This study focused on relations between identity and sense of self-sufficiency. These relations were analysed in the context
of educational and vocational activity. 204 persons without disabilities and 230 persons with different kinds of disability
participated in the study. Participants were divided into three groups: (1) 18-24-year-olds – students, (2) 25-30–yearolds
– unemployed and (3) 25-30–year-olds – employed. The results revealed that unemployed people have significant
problems with identity formation. This group obtained the highest scores on ruminative exploration and the lowest scores
on the scales of commitment making and identification with commitment. Self-sufficiency proved to be a moderator of the
relations between educational/vocational activity on the one hand and exploration in breadth and exploration in depth on
the other hand. In students, level of exploration was high in individuals with a high sense of self-sufficiency whereas in the
unemployed strong exploration was observed in the group with low sense of self-sufficiency. The need to conduct studies
where participants are recruited from populations which seldom attract researchers’ interest, such as the unemployed and
people of low social status, is also noted.
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Commitment making, Disability, Educational activity, Exploration in breadth, Identification with commitment, Identity, Ruminative exploration, Self-sufficiency, Vocational activity
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Polish Psychological Bulletin, 2011, vol. 42(3), 160-168