Theory Flashcards
What are the dimensions of wellness?
- Physical: preventative & proactive actions that care for one’s physical body.
- Emotional: awareness & control of feelings as well as realistic view of self, coping with stress & maintenance of relationships.
- Social: degree & quality of interactions with others, the community & nature.
Intellectual: degree to which one engages in creative & stimulating activities as well as use of resources to expand knowledge. - Spiritual: process of seeking meaning & purpose in existence (extends beyond religion).
- Occupational: level of satisfaction & enrichment gained by one’s work.
- Environmental: balance between home & work life as well as individual’s relationship with nature & community resources.
- Intellectual: degree to which one engages in creative & stimulating activities as well as use of resources to expand knowledge
What are the domains of OT?
*Occupations: Personal management (ADL), survival skills (IADL), education, work, play, leisure, social, rest and sleep.
*Client factors: Values, beliefs & spirituality, body functions and body structures
*Performance skills: Motor skills, process skills, social interaction skills, prevocational skills and task concept.
*Performance patterns: habits, routines, rituals and roles.
*Context and environment: Cultural, personal, physical, social, temporal and virtual.
What are the dimensions of doing?
Levels and consequences of doing.
What are the levels of doing?
- Occupational participation: engagement in work, play or IADLs e.g. taking part in life roles - as a sportsman in soccer.
- Occupational performance: doing an occupational form e.g. completing tasks so can participate – score goals.
- Occupational skills: observable, goal-directed actions that a person uses while performing i.e. client factors and performance skills- allow a person to perform tasks e.g. balance, strength, walking/gait.
What are the consequences of doing?
- Occupational identity: sense of who one is & wishes to become.
Sense of capacity & effectiveness for doing
What things one finds interesting & satisfying to do eg. habits and routines
Who one is- defined by roles and relationships.
Obligations one is required to do & what one deems important
Perceptions of environment: what supports them and what is expected of them. - Occupational competence: degree to which one sustains a pattern of occupational participation that reflects ones occupational identity.
Fulfilling expectations of roles & values one identifies with
Maintaining a routine to fulfil expectations and wants.
Participating in a range of occupations.
Pursuing values & taking action to achieve life outcomes. - Occupational adaptation: construction of a positive occupational identity & achieving occupational competence over time.
Dependent on occupational identity & occupational competence
Takes place in a specific context with: opportunities, supports, constraints and demands.
What are the 3 types of appraisal?
- Primary: What is the nature & meaning of stressful situation?
- Secondary: What can be done to cope with the stress?
- Reappraisal: How is the event perceived upon reexamination?
What are the factors affecting coping?
The individual (inherent qualities), the environment and resources (external to individual) and the nature of the stress.
What are the types of coping?
- Positive coping mechanisms: cognitive skills, behavioral skills, and affective skills.
- Negative coping mechanisms: avoidant strategies and attention strategies.
What 3 factors which influence one another does the ICF use to explain the functioning of an individual?
- Body structures and body functions
- Activities and participation
- Context (environmental and personal)
What are the ICF terms for when activities and participation are negatively affected by body structures and functions?
- Activity limitation
- Participation restriction
