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Assessment of Occupational Health and Job Satisfaction in Workers with Intellectual Disability: A Job Demands–Resources Perspective

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  • Noelia Flores

    (Institute on Community Integration (INICO), Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatments, Faculty of Psychology, University of Salamanca, 37005 Salamanca, Spain)

  • Carmen Moret-Tatay

    (Faculty of Psychology, Catholic University of Valencia-San Vicente Mártir (UCV), 46100 Burjassot-Valencia, Spain
    Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sense Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy)

  • Belén Gutiérrez-Bermejo

    (Faculty of Psychology, National University of Distance Education (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Andrea Vázquez

    (Faculty of Psychology, International University of Valencia (VIU), 46002 Valencia, Spain)

  • Cristina Jenaro

    (Institute on Community Integration (INICO), Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatments, Faculty of Psychology, University of Salamanca, 37005 Salamanca, Spain)

Abstract

In the contexts where people with intellectual disability work, there are factors that determine their job satisfaction. The objective of this study was to test the adequacy of the central assumptions of the Job Demands–Resources (JD-R) theory in workers with intellectual disability employed in different work alternatives. Data from 362 workers in sheltered workshops and 192 workers in supported employment were utilized. The model was contrasted using a structural equation model and a multi-group analysis. The results supported the suitability of the model and confirmed that job demands and job resources evoke two relatively independent processes such as health impairment and motivational process. The multi-group analysis confirmed the invariance of the model between the two work alternatives. Thus, the JD-R model offers a useful framework to explain the job satisfaction of workers with intellectual disability. Implications for the improvement of personal and job results are discussed.

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  • Noelia Flores & Carmen Moret-Tatay & Belén Gutiérrez-Bermejo & Andrea Vázquez & Cristina Jenaro, 2021. "Assessment of Occupational Health and Job Satisfaction in Workers with Intellectual Disability: A Job Demands–Resources Perspective," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-16, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:4:p:2072-:d:502779
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    Cited by:

    1. Andrew Joyce, 2024. "A Settings and Systems Approach to Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of People with an Intellectual Disability," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 21(4), pages 1-10, March.
    2. Shae Wissell & Leila Karimi & Tanya Serry & Lisa Furlong & Judith Hudson, 2022. "“You Don’t Look Dyslexic”: Using the Job Demands—Resource Model of Burnout to Explore Employment Experiences of Australian Adults with Dyslexia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(17), pages 1-20, August.

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