The relations among career-related self-efficacy, perceived career barriers, and stigma consciousness in men with felony convictions.

Abstract

Research on persons with felony convictions readily acknowledges that the stigma associated with incarceration is an obstacle for successful reentry; we, therefore, employed a correlational research design utilizing a survey-based data collection method to investigate the relations among stigma consciousness, career barriers, and career-related self-efficacy in a sample of 148 men with felony convictions. Participants were recruited online and in person from various reentry organizations in the Midwestern United States. Findings revealed that stigma consciousness related to several career barriers and was inversely associated with career-related self-efficacy. Implications for providing services to persons with criminal backgrounds are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).