Article An Exploratory Study of General Self-Efficacy and Employment in Adults with Retinitis Pigmentosa Mercedes A. Zapata 1 Abstract Introduction: In this study, the author examined the association between general self- efficacy (GSE) and employment status in working-age adults with retinitis pigmentosa (RP; N ¼ 183). The author further examined the associations between employment status and factors that were previously found to be linked to employment outcomes in individuals with visual impairments: educational attainment, mobility tool use (i.e., use of dog guide or cane), ability to drive, age, gender, and age at onset of visual impairment. Methods: Multiple logistic regression was used to analyze cross-sectional data collected online in 2015. Results: Findings indicated that individuals with RP who have a bachelor’s degree or higher had significantly higher odds of being employed (p < .01) and that individuals with RP who use a cane or dog guide had significantly lower odds of being employed (p < .01). Although not statistically significant, findings further indicated that individuals with RP who have higher GSE had higher odds of being employed (p = .07) and that individuals who are able to drive had 130% higher odds of being employed (p ¼ .06). Discussion: Results demonstrated an association between GSE and employment status, after controlling for factors that were previously linked to employment outcomes in individuals with visual impairment. Implications for practitioners: Self-efficacy is an alterable cognitive construct and may be the target of interventions to increase employment outcomes for adults with RP or other eye conditions. Keywords general self-efficacy, employment, blindness, visual impairment, retinitis pigmentosa An estimated 39 million individuals are blind worldwide and another 246 million experience low vision (World Health Organization, 2011). In the United States, an estimated 7.7 million individuals are blind or have serious visual impairments, according to the 2016 American Commu- nity Survey (Erickson et al., 2017). As the 1 School Psychology, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA Corresponding author: Mercedes A. Zapata, PhD, School Psychology, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Email: mzapata@berkeley.edu Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 2020, Vol. 114(1) 18-30 ª American Foundation for the Blind 2020 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/0145482X19900715 journals.sagepub.com/home/jvb