Vocational interests of middle-aged men with traumatic spinal cord injury

Daniel E. Rohe; J. Stuart Krause

doi:10.1037/0090-5550.44.2.160

Vocational interests of middle-aged men with traumatic spinal cord injury

Daniel E. Rohe, J. Stuart Krause

Psychiatry and Psychology

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Objectives: Describe vocational interests of middle-aged men with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). Participants: Seventy-nine Caucasian men with traumatic SCI (mean age = 44 years; mean time since onset = 20 years), 74% with quadriplegia. Measure: Strong Interest Inventory. Results: Replicated the unique pattern of interests found by D. E. Rohe and G. T. Athelstan (1982) among younger men with SCI. Compared with the normative sample, participants were more introverted, less academically oriented, and primarily interested in physically challenging and action-oriented occupations despite their functional limitations. Conclusions: Middle-aged men with traumatic SCI have the same unique vocational interest pattern as their younger peers. This pattern is not an artifact of age or time since onset and may partially explain low rates of employment after SCI.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	160-175
Number of pages	16
Journal	Rehabilitation Psychology
Volume	44
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0090-5550.44.2.160
State	Published - May 1 1999

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Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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