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Perceived social status among people with psychiatric disabilities attending work-oriented and meeting place-oriented day centers

Tjörnstrand, Carina LU ; Argentzell, Elisabeth LU and Eklund, Mona LU orcid (2016) In Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation 55(1). p.19-28
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BACKGROUND: Day centers have been criticized for giving attendees a lower social status because they only offer activities that are often work-like although not financially of benefit to attendees. OBJECTIVES: To explore day center attendees' perceived social status and to identify associations among the attendees with the center's orientation with activity, well-being, and psychiatric symptoms. METHOD: Day center attendees in meeting place-oriented (n = 39) and work-oriented (n = 54) day centers in Sweden were interviewed addressing the targeted factors using both self-rated and interview-based instruments. RESULT: Attendees rated themselves close to the middle on the social status measure. No difference between groups based on day... (More)

BACKGROUND: Day centers have been criticized for giving attendees a lower social status because they only offer activities that are often work-like although not financially of benefit to attendees. OBJECTIVES: To explore day center attendees' perceived social status and to identify associations among the attendees with the center's orientation with activity, well-being, and psychiatric symptoms. METHOD: Day center attendees in meeting place-oriented (n = 39) and work-oriented (n = 54) day centers in Sweden were interviewed addressing the targeted factors using both self-rated and interview-based instruments. RESULT: Attendees rated themselves close to the middle on the social status measure. No difference between groups based on day center orientation was found. Their self-perceived positioning on social status was positively related to the worker role, occupational engagement, self-rated health, self-esteem, self-mastery, and depressive symptoms. Logistic regression models showed better self-rated health was the only predictor of belonging to the group with a higher level of social status when dichotomized according to the median. Self-rated health was the strongest indicator for scoring above the 75th percentile on perceived status, followed by self-esteem, which was also a significant indicator. CONCLUSION: These findings yielded new knowledge concerning perceived social status in the target group and the importance of health and self-esteem.

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community mental health, Health, occupational engagement, occupational therapy, social capital
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Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation
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1051-9815
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10.3233/WOR-162388
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  author       = {{Tjörnstrand, Carina and Argentzell, Elisabeth and Eklund, Mona}},
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  pages        = {{19--28}},
  publisher    = {{IOS Press}},
  series       = {{Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation}},
  title        = {{Perceived social status among people with psychiatric disabilities attending work-oriented and meeting place-oriented day centers}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/24478422/16486894.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.3233/WOR-162388}},
  volume       = {{55}},
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