Further Validation of the WPSI Vocational Scale: Comparisons with Other Correlates of Employment in Epilepsy

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Abstract
The present study evaluates the relationships between employment status and 5 types of variables: years of education, intelligence, emotional adjustment, neuropsychological impairment and psychosocial adjustment. The latter 2 areas were evaluated by procedures specifically developed for work with seizure patients and include use of the Neuropsychological Battery for Epilepsy and the Washington Psychosocial Seizure Inventory. Patients [58] were divided into groups based on their employment histories and classified as unemployed, underemployed and employed. The 2 types of procedures developed specifically for work with clients having seizures demonstrated the most potent and consistent relationships with employment status. The use of these procedures in the evaluation of employability may be more effective than using only those variables which traditionally have been applied.