Occupational Adaptation Flashcards
Why was Occupational Adaptation developed?
Developed out of the need to establish a foundational theory for a new research program at Texas’s woman’s university
What does OA focus on?
Enhancement of process, not specific skills.
Reflects an approach for health promotion, prevention, and remediation.
What is characterized as a normative, lifelong process that is a response to the internal and external pressures for mastery?
Adaptation
What is the process of INTERNAL adaptation?
Occurs through occupational and adaptation
They are interwoven into a “integrated phenomenon that describes an innate human process”
What creates occupational challenges?
Internal and external pressures
What are the 4 main constructs to OA?
Occupations
Adaptive Capacity
Relative Mastery
Occupational Adaptation Process
What 3 properties do activities consist of?
actively involve the person
meaningful to person
include process or product that may be tangible or intangible
What is relative mastery?
A persons self assessment of his/her occupational Response
3 points in relative mastery
SATISFACTION
EFFICIENCY
EFFECTIVENESS
“SEE”
What are the components of OA process?
Person
Occupational environment
interaction that takes place btwn person and environment.
This process depicts how a person can respond adaptively and masterfully when engaged in occupations
True or False?
Struggles with OA do not necessarily mean a disability but may require a shift in life roles or functioning
TRUE
What is adaptive capacity?
A persons ability to recognize the need for change, modification, or refinement in order to achieve relative mastery
Has cumulative effect over time as experience becomes reinforcing
Occurs when a persons typical response does not meet the challenges of an occupation and now has to adjust behaviors to achieve competent outcome
What is the primary goal of OA?
to achieve mastery over the environment
Desire for mastery
Naturally occurs
Intrinsic
Demand for mastery
External factors that affect OA process
Press for mastery
interplay between internal and external factors
yields occupational challenge
What is internal adaptive response?
Response to occupational challenges to produce an occupational response
What is occupational response?
Observable outcome of adaptive process
What is the focus for intervention?
Internal adaptation process
NOT really of functional skills but they ARE addressed
What are the 6 main assumptions of OA
Competence in occupation Demands to perform Adaptive capacity Demand for changes Success in occupational performance Dysfunction
Competence in occupation
Persons: learn best thru activities that are meaningful
Knowledge: acquired thru adaptive attempts to explore and master environment
What is competence?
Competence in occupational performance is a life-long process of adaptation to internal and external performance demands.
These demands occur naturally within occupational roles and within content of PEO interactions
Demands to perform
A persons desire for mastery coupled with the environment’s demand for competency which produces occupational “press”
What is occupational press?
Set of demands or expectations for behavior that is either objectively or subjectively perceived by an individual
Adaptive Capacity
Emerges from interaction btwn person and environment
Adaptation can be disrupted by impairment, disability, or handicapping conditions and stressful events
True or False?
Improvement in occupational performance is dependent on improvement in adaptation process
TRUE
True or False?
Adaptation energy is unlimited and infinite
FALSE
It is limited and finite
What can deplete ones energy source for adaptation?
STRESS (duh)
Demand for changes
People are influenced by genetics, environment to create “personal nature”
Occupational challenges occur when person performs roles
What molds role expectations?
Occupational challenges
This is b/c occupational challenges occur when a person performs roles
Success in Occupational Performance
What systems influence a person?
Sensorimotor, cognitive, and psychosocial systems
Determined by genetics, environment, and experiential learning to allow a person to get feedback from environment about one’s performance
How are these 3 systems reinforced?
by occupational response
Function-Dysfunction
A healthy individual shows adaptive capacity and relative mastery
Dysfunction occurs because the persons ability to adapt has been challenged to the point that the demands for performance are not met.
Dysfunction is evident in the adaptive response.
What is motivation impacted by?
Desire for mastery
Demand for mastery
Press for mastery
