The Mediating Effects of Disability Impact, Job Satisfaction, and Social Support in the Relationship Between Core Self-Evaluations and Life Satisfaction in Employed People With Disabilities

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2025

Publisher

Springer

Source Publication

Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling

Source ISSN

0047-2220

Original Item ID

DOI: 10.1891/JARC-2024-0024

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a mediation model of the relationship of core self-evaluations (CSEs) and life satisfaction in employed individuals with disabilities. This was a quantitative descriptive design using Hayes’s (2012) PROCESS macro for SPSS and multiple regression analysis. Two-hundred fifty-nine employed individuals with disabilities were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk and completed an online survey. Job satisfaction and social support were found to partially mediate the relationship between CSE and life satisfaction. The direct effect of CSE on life satisfaction remained significant after controlling for the effects of the mediators. Functional disability was not a significant mediator of the relationship between CSE and life satisfaction. CSE influenced life satisfaction in employed persons with disabilities, both directly and indirectly through job satisfaction and social support. These findings implicate CSE as a principal variable to consider in the lives of people with disabilities. Rehabilitation counselors should consider the targeted development and integration of interventions with the purpose of elevating client CSE in their work.

Comments

Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, Vol. 56, No. 1 (March 2025): 42-56. DOI.

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