Personal and Social Factors on Participation

Question 1

According to Berman (1993) across our lifespan we are constantly trying to balance _________________ and ____________

Answer 1

Self-hood/uniqueness

Community/belonging

Question 2

How does meaning interplay between individual and societal values?

Answer 2

We form meaning as the two opposing values (self vs. conforming to society) are shaped

Question 3

What are some ways people interpret meaning when caregiving for family members?

Answer 3

• Through the relationship that is built within caregiving/receiving
• The importance of setting boundaries
• In terms of life shift - priorities need to be re-determined
• The perspective of caregivers of the “occupation of caregiving” is unique

Question 4

Can you describe the different meanings/stages that can occur within occupation in the face of grief and loss?

Answer 4

1. Occupational maintenance (kind of like in denial, trying to keep doing things)
2. Occupational dissolution (you fall apart, cannot maintain occupation)
3. Occupational ambivalence (occupation feels meaningless, maybe you don’t know why you found meaning in it previously)
4. Occupational restoration and adaptation (finding new meaning, adapting to new circumstances)

Question 5

What is a key component to forming meaning?

Answer 5

CONTEXT! Macro, meso, and micro

Question 6

Relationship between meaning and occupation?

Answer 6

Meaning is a primary motivator and occupation is a primary source of meaning.

Question 7

Context has 3 categories (macro, meso, and micro). What are the macro (environmental) subcategories?

Answer 7

• social
• culture
• institutional
• economic
• political
• physical

Question 8

Meso subcategories (environmental)?

Answer 8

• social groups

- family

Question 9

What are some micro (personal) contexts that could change how you form meaning?

Answer 9

Physical, cognitive, affective, spiritual

Question 10

What is the primary source of meaning for people?

Answer 10

OCCUPATION!

Question 11

What is participation?

Answer 11

Using the ICF lens, it is involvement in life situations. 
It also... 
- shapes minds and bodies 
- is central to health and well-being 
Through it we...
- acquire skills/competencies 
- connect with others
- find purpose and meaning

Question 12

Name 5 domains of participation in the ICF lens

Answer 12

• Learning and applying knowledge
• General task demands
• Communication
• Mobility
• Self-care
• Domestic life
• Major interactions and relationships
• Major life areas: work/school
• Community, social, and civil life

Question 13

What are the OT domains of participation?

Answer 13

Self care, productivity, leisure

Question 14

Name the essential characteristics of meaningful participation

Answer 14

• Clear goals
• Quick feedback
• Good guidelines (need to be able to anticipate)
• Concentration on the task at hand
• Feeling of choice
• Just right challenge (sense of challenge + sense of mastery)
• “Flow”

Question 15

What sits in the middle of the PEO model?

Answer 15

Occupational performance - impacted by person, environment, and occupation

Question 16

Connection b/w occupation and health/well-being?

Answer 16

Participation in occupation is central to our health and wellbeing

Question 17

What is two-eyed seeing?

Answer 17

Seeing through Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives.