Purpose: In this article, we describe how four recent models of psychosocial adaptation to chronic illness and disability (CID) could be fruitfully conceptualized and compared by resorting to the general framework of Lewin's field theory--a theory frequently regarded as a precursor and the primary impetus to the development of the field of…

A research/demonstration project was designed to evaluate existing vocational education programs offered at the Oregon State Correctional Institution (OSCI) and to provide residents with services such as ability assessment, employment or orientation, job sampling, career awareness counseling, and instruction. The project's anticipated outcome was…