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Disability, occupation, and human rights in the Nordic context Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-18 Sigrun Kristin Jónasdóttir, Sissel Horghagen
Adopting a relational and critical perspective on disability requires greater emphasis on how external factors, such as socio-political factors and ableist attitudes, influence and situate people’s...
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A dynamic and critical approach to belonging as a dimension of occupation Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-15 Anne-Cécile Delaisse, Tamsin Barber, Gaoheng Zhang, Suzanne Huot
Doing, being, becoming, and belonging have been theorized as dimensions of occupation, yet belonging has received comparatively less attention from occupational scientists. The occupation-based lit...
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Special Issue: Occupational Experiences and Transitions Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Clare Hocking
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Vol. 31, No. 3, 2024)
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“It’s a fight with your mind”: Experiences and meaning of occupation among men detained in immigration removal centres within the United Kingdom Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Madeline Denny, Rebecca Twinley
People detained in immigration detention facilities are directly and intentionally excluded from participating in occupations within society and experience negative health consequences. This study ...
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Subjective experiences of occupational participation in autistic adolescents in the US: A multiple-case study using experience sampling methodology Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Aaron R. Dallman, Antoine Bailliard
Very little is known about the subjective experiences of the occupations of autistic individuals and how these subjective experiences relate to their time use. The purpose of this paper is to explo...
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A descriptive review of occupational science publications in English since 2007: Key trends and challenges Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-08 Zhaoying Li, Rachel M. Vaughn, Sayoko Kawabata, Ya-Cing Syu, Nancy Bagatell
As occupational science approaches its 35th year as a discipline, it is important to take stock of the state of the science. This review provides a comprehensive update on the state of English-lang...
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Exploring occupational participation and engagement during disaster through the lens of the Participatory Occupational Justice Framework Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Eliza Huppatz, Emma George, Alison Wicks, Gail Whiteford
When communities affected by disaster are denied the physical, social, economic, or cultural resources or opportunities for engaging in necessary or meaningful occupation, the impact of disasters c...
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“It’s a bit of a paradox, as she considers herself a feminist”: Tensions of doing household-related occupations as a young cis-heterosexual couple in France Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-08-07 Noémie de Sagazan, Heidi von Kürthy, Natalia Rivas Quarneti
Despite a rise of feminist values, the organisation of household-related occupations remains unequal. This research aimed to problematise the tensions existing in the organisation of household-rela...
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Alliances between social occupational therapy and critical occupational science: Propositions to mobilize social justice Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-07-29 Jaime Daniel Leite Junior, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Roseli Esquerdo Lopes
Committed to the necessity of international dialogues in occupational therapy and occupational science, we have developed a proposal for alliance between social occupational therapy and critical oc...
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Alianças entre a terapia ocupacional social e a ciência ocupacional crítica: Propostas para mobilizar a justiça social Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-07-29 Jaime Daniel Leite Junior, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Roseli Esquerdo Lopes
Comprometidos com a necessidade de diálogos internacionais na terapia ocupacional e na ciência ocupacional, nos voltamos para o desenvolvimento de uma proposta de aliança entre a terapia ocupaciona...
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Por qué la gente trabaja tras la edad de jubilación: La continuidad de rutinas, imaginarios de futuro y evaluaciones prácticas Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-07-18 Sigita Doblytė, Roberto Giosa
En este artículo hacemos una síntesis de la evidencia cualitativa publicada en inglés con el fin de comprender por qué las personas que trabajan continúan haciéndolo después de la edad de jubilació...
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Why people work past retirement age: The continuity of routines, future imaginaries, and practical evaluation Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-07-18 Sigita Doblytė, Roberto Giosa
In this article, we synthesise existing qualitative evidence published in English, aiming to comprehend why workers keep working past retirement age and to link human agency and social structures i...
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Correction Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-07-18
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Vol. 31, No. 3, 2024)
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Challenging the gender binary in occupation-based research: A feminist critical discourse analysis of sex differences Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-07-15 Léa Nussbaumer, Nadine Blankvoort, Lisette Farias
Gender is a constitutive element of an oppressive system based on sexual differentiation. Making difference between the female and male sexes is an accepted practice that is particularly widespread...
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The perspectives of doing, being, belonging, becoming on older homecare recipients’ use and experiences with technologies in the Assisted Living Project in Norway Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-07-11 Torhild Holthe, Liv Halvorsrud, Anne Lund
The Assisted Living project (2016-2019) aimed to investigate older adults’ needs for digital technology for daily support and to develop technology solutions in collaboration with the user group. T...
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Doing and belonging: A photo-elicitation study on place attachment of older adults living in depopulated rural areas Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-07-10 Afsaneh Taei, Håkan Jönson, Anders Kottorp, Marianne Granbom
The relationship between doing and belonging is rooted in individuals’ engagement in meaningful occupations, which contributes to their sense of connectedness. The meaningfulness of occupation rela...
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Exploring constraints to leisure participation within the countryside Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-07-04 Liz Harris, Jamie Liddell, Tania Wiseman
The health and well-being benefits of accessing occupations in natural outdoor environments are well evidenced. However, not everyone has access to these spaces and constraints to leisure participa...
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Between worlds: Experiences of doing, being, becoming, and belonging for second generation adults who disaffiliate from a new religious movement Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-07-03 Eva Eastman, Rebecca Twinley
Religion and spirituality are under-explored in occupational science and no research to date has addressed religious disaffiliation from an occupational perspective. This research explores the subj...
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Crossdisciplinary approaches as applied in occupational science Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Michael Sy, Elin Ganholm Valmari, Anna Baldissera
This discussion paper aimed to explore various cross-disciplinary approaches (i.e., multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, trans-disciplinary, and post-disciplinary) employed in occupational scien...
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Occupational security: A holistic values-based framework for supporting occupations and safety Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-21 Farrukh A. Chishtie, Susan Forwell, W. Ben Mortenson, Saori Ogura
In an ongoing era of global-scale, cascading, and intersecting crises, including climate change impacts, ongoing armed conflicts, and the COVID-19 pandemic, security is becoming increasingly challe...
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Envolvimento ocupacional de homens gays idosos Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Ricardo Lopes Correia, Carolina Rebellato, Lucas Rodrigo Apis Vieira
Introdução: A pessoa idosa sofre com a discriminação e o estigma nas mais diversas sociedades. O idoso gay pode sofrer duplo estigma: por ser “velho” e “homossexual”. Essa situação, por vezes, expõ...
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Occupational involvement of older gay men Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Ricardo Lopes Correia, Carolina Rebellato, Lucas Rodrigo Apis Vieira
Older people often face discrimination and stigma across different societies. Older gay men may confront a dual stigma, being targeted for their age and sexual orientation. Such stigmatization freq...
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Correction Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Correction Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-10
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Unmet occupational needs of first responders transitioning to retirement Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-07 Boguslawa Teresa Syrotiak, Noralyn Davel Pickens, Cynthia Lee Evetts
First responders have high-stress jobs, identify with their professions’ crisis management actions, and yet are highly communal in their work life. They are often unprepared for retirement and tran...
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Experiences of occupational balance following retirement: An interpretative phenomenological analysis Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Mohamad Qayum Mohamad Sabri, Ramayah Thurasamy, Ahmad Zamir Che Daud
Achieving occupational balance is crucial for promoting retirees’ health and well-being, but little is known about how retirees in Malaysia experience occupational balance after retirement. This st...
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Canadian Society for Occupational Science (CSOS) Occupational Science Symposium Abstracts 2023 Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-06
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Vol. 31, No. sup1, 2024)
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Perceived stress and occupation-based coping strategies during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Shokoufeh Modanloo, Catherine Larocque, Wendy Gifford, Mary Egan, Liquaa Wazni, Rebecca Robillard
The COVID-19 pandemic caused considerable stress. Occupations may play an important role in decreasing stress; therefore, this study examined stress and occupation-based coping strategies used duri...
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Occupational injustice across species Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Taylor Steelman
COVID-19 and the prospect of a sixth mass extinction, among other crises, have underscored the urgency of recognizing humans' ethical and ecological entanglements with the more-than-human world. In...
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Commentary on: Occupational injustice across species Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Elizabeth Townsend
This invited commentary offers a reflection on Steelman’s proposal that the concept of occupational justice applies equally to non-human animals as to humans. As an author of the concept of occupat...
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Understanding ‘violence’ within protest: A call for further research within occupational therapy and occupational science Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Mapheyeledi Motimele, Elelwani Ramugondo, Zethu Matebeni
There is a dearth of research in occupational science towards understanding ‘violence' within the context of protest, including why and how these two phenomena occur in and of each other and why bo...
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Interrogating whiteness: Critical reflections on occupational science scholarship and social responsibility Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Rebecca A. Parkin, Khalilah R. Johnson
This paper interrogates the obscurity of whiteness and white supremacy as a system of thought and white racialization as a social process influencing habits of inquiry in occupational science resea...
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Occupations of users of a Brazilian mental health service during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Heldevam Pereira Campos Junior, Simone Costa de Almeida, Adriana de França Drummond
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its resulting health measures led to occupational disruption in several contexts of everyday life. This study aimed to investigate the occupatio...
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Ocupações dos usuários de um serviço de saúde mental Brasileiro durante a pandemia de COVID-19 Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Heldevam Pereira Campos Júnior, Simone Costa de Almeida, Adriana de França Drummond
A Pandemia do Coronavírus 2019 (COVID-19) e as medidas de saúde dela decorrentes podem levar a rupturas ocupacionais em vários contextos da vida cotidiana. Portanto, este estudo teve como objetivo ...
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Special issue: Occupation and society: Global to local perspectives for the future Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Suzanne Huot, Susan Forwell
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Reflexiones colectivas para la generación de espacios de conocimiento: Pensando una Ciencia Ocupacional inclusiva, diversa y participativa Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Silvia Veiga-Seijo, Marcel Nazabal Amores, Lorena Leive, Daniela Melfi, Rodolfo Morrison, Tatiana Maria Marques Tironi, Ana Luiza Menezes Vieira, Vagner dos Santos
La primera Conferencia Mundial de la Ciencia Ocupacional se desarrolló en Vancouver, Canadá en agosto de 2022. El idioma oficial del evento fue el inglés. Esto supuso un desafío para varios partici...
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Promoting health through yarncraft: Experiences of an online knitting group living with mental illness Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Joanna Nordstrand, A. Birgitta Gunnarsson, Greta Häggblom-Kronlöf
This study explored how people living with mental illness describe their experiences of knitting as a leisure occupation and whether knitting can create value and meaning and promote well-being. A ...
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Collective reflections to create knowledge spaces: Thinking about an inclusive, diverse, and participatory occupational science Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Silvia Veiga-Seijo, Marcel Nazabal Amores, Lorena Leive, Daniela Melfi, Rodolfo Morrison, Tatiana Maria Marques Tironi, Ana Luiza Menezes Vieira, Vagner dos Santos
The first World Occupational Science Conference took place in Vancouver, Canada, in August 2022. As English was the official language of the event, this brought challenges for some non-anglophone p...
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Occupational adaptation of occupational therapists in a global crisis: Lessons learned from a Q-methodology study Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Daleen Casteleijn, Kitty Uys, Eileen du Plooy, Tania Buys, Helga Elke Lister, Jodie de Bruyn
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic demanded that people adapt to meet occupational and environmental challenges. Occupational therapists facing occupational disruption had to adapt to maintain engag...
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Meaning of small grains cultivation as a traditional occupation in Japan Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Saori Ogura, Susan J. Forwell, Catherine Backman, Noa Kekuewa Lincoln, Janette Bulkan, Katsuo Odakawa, Toru Sakawa, Masaru Shiiba
Traditional occupations hold important meanings, as they have been passed down from generation to generation. However, many occupations are endangered due to shifting practices and standards associ...
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Eeyou/Eenou community voices on ‘doing’ Miyupimaatisiiun (wellness) planning: An occupational transactional perspective Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Martine C. Lévesque, Alison Kutcher, Laurence Roy, Paul Linton, Lucy Trapper, Jill E. Torrie, Mary Ellen Macdonald
This article is the second of ‘twin’ papers centering community participation in Miyupimaatisiuun (wellness) planning within the Eeyou Istchee (Northern Québec James Bay Cree) context. We present a...
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Experiences of long-term unemployment from an occupational perspective: A scoping review Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Tanja Turtiainen, Anne-Le Morville, Inger Jansson
Long-term unemployment impacts a person’s life and opportunities for participating in occupations. Despite the frequent occurrence of short-term unemployment, the proportion of long-term unemployme...
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Special Issue: Innovations in research methodologies in Occupational Science Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-03
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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An occupational perspective on the interplay between adolescents’ spirituality and occupational engagement Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-19 Helena Christina Louw, Lana van Niekerk
Background: Religion, spirituality, and occupational engagement are inter-related and relevant to the health and well-being of adolescents. However, there is a gap in research exploring the interpl...
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Gaining by losing: The daily living experience of international female doctoral students in Aotearoa New Zealand Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Faridah Che Arr, Clare Hocking, David Healee
This Straussian grounded theory study explored how female doctoral students from South East Asia managed their daily occupations while studying in Aotearoa New Zealand. Twenty-three participants wh...
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Harnessing the pedagogical power of art for learning about occupation in an entry-to-practice neurorehabilitation occupational therapy course Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Parisa Mirmiran, Chloe Murphy, Julia Schmidt, Katie Lee Bunting
Introduction: Art can be a transformative pedagogical tool for teaching occupation. Research on arts-based pedagogies to teach occupation within educational programs is emergent and remains limited...
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Construindo conhecimento sobre ocupação a partir de seus fundamentos: um campo em busca de justiça epistêmica e relevância social Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Lilian Magalhães
Nesta fala de abertura da primeira Conferência Mundial de Ciência Ocupacional, compartilho algumas das questões com as quais tenho me debatido, na esperança de que outros talvez apontem para altern...
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Building knowledge of occupation from the ground up: A field in search of epistemic fairness and social relevance Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Lilian Magalhães
In this keynote address to the first World Occupational Science Conference, I share some of the questions I have been grappling with, in the hope that others will perhaps point to alternatives in t...
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Occupational transitions of leaving a cult: A study of publicly available accounts Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Karen McCarthy, Emily Osborn, Baylee Chelossi, Christian Quitoriano, Justine Thompson
While the formation of cults worldwide has steadily decreased since the 1970s, there are still a significant number of former members who have been impacted by their involvement and face unique cha...
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As atividades de tradução cultural: Proposições ético-metodológicas baseadas no perspectivismo Ameríndio para a pesquisa participativa sobre as ocupações Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Diego Eugênio Roquette Godoy Almeida
A pesquisa participante é um processo de ação social dinâmico, que gera teorias a partir de ciclos de reflexão acerca da realidade histórica concreta dos participantes individuais e coletivos. Nas ...
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Cultural translation activities: Ethical-methodological propositions to participatory research of occupations based on Amerindian perspectivism Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-10-29 Diego Eugênio Roquette Godoy Almeida
Participatory research is a dynamic process of social action that generates knowledge based on cycles of reflection about the concrete historical reality of individuals and collective participants....
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Pre-sleep routines in adult typical sleepers Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Jean S. Koketsu, Doris Pierce
Sleep is the most important restorative occupation in which humans engage and pre-sleep routines, which occur prior to it, have not been explored. The main question this project sought to answer wa...
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Editorial Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-24 Clare Hocking
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Vol. 30, No. 4, 2023)
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Special issue: Situated occupation in everyday life: Towards environmental, economic, social inclusiveness and sustainability Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-19
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The exploration of becoming as a yoga practitioner and its impact on identity formation, health, and well-being Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Sandra Brooks, Sarah Reynolds
ABSTRACT This study aimed to narrow the gap in understanding the health and well-being effects of becoming through occupation by exploring the concept of becoming through yoga practitioners’ perspectives. Four participants from the Southwest of England were recruited to engage in one-to-one semi-structured interviews concentrated on perspectives of transformation; that is, becoming, from their viewpoint
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Uncovering personal meaning construction through occupation from a psychoanalytic perspective Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Jesper Larsen Maersk
ABSTRACT Historically, occupational scientists have drawn from a diverse array of theoretical and philosophical resources in the study of human occupation. However, insights offered by psychoanalytic theory regarding human behavior have received little attention from occupational scientists. Although psychoanalytic theory has primarily been developed as a psychotherapeutic treatment modality and a
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Social inequalities portrayed in the occupational experiences of girls ahead of incarceration in Brazil Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Tatiana Maria Marques Tironi, Maria João Leote de Carvalho, Adriana de França Drummond, Luciana Assis Costa
ABSTRACT Literature demonstrates that most girls incarcerated in juvenile justice institutions in Brazil come from socially vulnerable groups that face social inequality and racial and gender discrimination, which results in occupational inequities. This study aims to understand the daily lives of young Brazilian girls ahead of their incarceration based on their occupational experiences and clarify
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Criminalization of occupation: Articulating a legal perspective within occupational science Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Alexia Bystrzycki, Niki Kiepek
ABSTRACT Occupational science literature increasingly addresses occupations classified as illegal. We examine legal sanctioning, globally and locally, of two occupations: i) search and rescue activities to aid asylum seekers and ii) sex work. We draw on comparative legal research and critical historical legal methodologies to explore how occupations become framed as criminal in certain places and certain
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Children’s experiences of playground characteristics that contribute to play value and inclusion: Insights from a meta-ethnography Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Ines Wenger, Helen Lynch, Maria Prellwitz, Christina Schulze
For children, playing outdoors is a meaningful occupation, and such play is enabled by outdoor playgrounds. As play is a fundamental right for every child, Universal Design is an approach to creati...
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To act in front of the stories: Narrative interpretation as a resource to move from what to how Journal of Occupational Science (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-03 Staffan Josephsson
The focus of this Ruth Zemke lecture is to present and reflect on ways theoretical resources on narrative interpretation are relevant to some of the key tensions and challenges facing the study of ...