Value Dimensions, Meaning, and Complexity in Human Occupation – A Tentative Structure for Analysis.
Persson, Dennis LU ; Erlandsson, Lena-Karin LU ; Eklund, Mona LU
and Iwarsson, Susanne
LU
(2001)
In Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
8(1).
p.7-18
- Abstract
- In occupational therapy and occupational science, it is important to clarify the perspective from which the analysis of occupation is addressed. The purpose of this paper is to present a tentative structure for describing occupation, allowing for analysis in a lifelong panorama as well as for the immediate experience a person acquires from performing a single occupation. The concept of occupational value is introduced as a prerequisite for meaning, defining three different dimensions: concrete, symbolic, and self-reward value. A dynamic categorisation of single occupations is presented, considering each unique occupational performance viewed from a macro, meso, and a micro perspective, inspired by dynamic systems theory. It is proposed... (More)
- In occupational therapy and occupational science, it is important to clarify the perspective from which the analysis of occupation is addressed. The purpose of this paper is to present a tentative structure for describing occupation, allowing for analysis in a lifelong panorama as well as for the immediate experience a person acquires from performing a single occupation. The concept of occupational value is introduced as a prerequisite for meaning, defining three different dimensions: concrete, symbolic, and self-reward value. A dynamic categorisation of single occupations is presented, considering each unique occupational performance viewed from a macro, meso, and a micro perspective, inspired by dynamic systems theory. It is proposed that all occupations are meaningful if they are integrated parts of a person's occupational continuity, and that it is the interaction between the mentioned three perspectives that determines their meaningfulness. With an explicit focus on value and meaning as perceived by the unique person, occupational therapists will become more skilled in designing meaningful occupational therapy interventions. This paper is a contribution to the development of occupational science as well as to occupational therapy, but the theoretical framework presented must be empirically tested in order to demonstrate its validity. (Less)
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- author
- Persson, Dennis
LU
; Erlandsson, Lena-Karin
LU
; Eklund, Mona
LU
and Iwarsson, Susanne
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2001
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Dynamic, Systems, Meaning, Occupational, Categories, Science, Value
- in
- Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
- volume
- 8
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 7 - 18
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
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- scopus:0034956954
- ISSN
- 1651-2014
- DOI
- 10.1080/11038120119727
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Division of Occupational Therapy (Closed 2012) (013025000)
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