Abstract
This study examines the relationship between attitudes towards employment and employment outcomes among homeless veterans with psychiatric and substance abuse problems. Attitudes towards employment among over 300 homeless veterans participating in a study of vocational outcomes were characterized using factor analysis. Mixed linear regression was then used to examine the association between each of five employment attitudes and number of days employment throughout the two-year follow-up period, net of potentially confounding baseline characteristics. Veterans who worked more than others scored higher on a subscale reflecting favorable attitudes towards work and, unexpectedly, on a subscale indicating that they did not like the kind of jobs they could obtain. In contrast, veterans who scored higher on a subscale indicating that they perceived work as helpful in coping with mental health problems, worked more days than others. However, the magnitude of these effects was small, explaining only an additional ...
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