En spegling av sensorikens inflytande på livets aktiviteter - En litteraturöversikt om ungdomar och vuxna med autism
(2025) ATPK62 20242Department of Health Sciences
Sustainable occupations and health in a life course perspective
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Bakgrund: Personer med autism har annorlunda sensorisk bearbetning vilket påverkar vardagsaktiviteter i hemmet och samhället. Omfattande forskning om barn med autism speglar hur sensoriska problem påverkar skolaktiviteter och fritidsaktiviteter som bidrar till stress, sämre deltagande i sociala umgängen och arbetsuppgifter. Även om vuxna personer med autism har sensoriska svårigheter belyser forskning sällan detta område. I ett fåtal studier har sensoriska svårigheter förklarats vara bidragande faktorer till svårigheter med arbete, utbildning och sociala sammanhang.
Syfte: att sammanställa och analysera tidigare forskning som undersöker hur sensorisk bearbetning påverkar aktiviteter i vardagen för ungdomar och vuxna med autism.
... (More) - Bakgrund: Personer med autism har annorlunda sensorisk bearbetning vilket påverkar vardagsaktiviteter i hemmet och samhället. Omfattande forskning om barn med autism speglar hur sensoriska problem påverkar skolaktiviteter och fritidsaktiviteter som bidrar till stress, sämre deltagande i sociala umgängen och arbetsuppgifter. Även om vuxna personer med autism har sensoriska svårigheter belyser forskning sällan detta område. I ett fåtal studier har sensoriska svårigheter förklarats vara bidragande faktorer till svårigheter med arbete, utbildning och sociala sammanhang.
Syfte: att sammanställa och analysera tidigare forskning som undersöker hur sensorisk bearbetning påverkar aktiviteter i vardagen för ungdomar och vuxna med autism.
Metod: Integrativ litteraturöversikt, inkluderande 12 artiklar, genomfördes med en induktiv ansats. Dataanalysen utfördes i fyra steg; datareducering, datavisning, datajämförelse, slutsats och verifiering. Litteratursökning skedde i PubMed, Cinahl och PsycInfo för artikelval.
Resultat: Samtliga artiklar visade att sensorisk bearbetning kunde påverka aktivitet i olika konstellationer. Övergripande tema definierades; interaktionen mellan sensorisk bearbetning och aktivitet och tre kategorier specificerades; sensoriska aspekter i miljön, personliga strategier samt stöttande sociala kontakter/relationer samt sex subkategorier.
Slutsats: Litteraturöversikten visade att sensoriska intryck i miljön, personliga strategier och stöttande sociala kontakter/relationer har betydelse för hur sensorisk bearbetning relaterar till aktivitet för ungdomar/vuxna med autism. Mer forskning behövs. (Less) - Abstract
- Background: People with autism have a different sensory processing which affects daily occupations at home and in society. Extensive research about children with autism reflects how sensory difficulties affect school and leisure activities which contribute to stress, poorer participation in social gatherings and tasks. Although adults with autism experience sensory difficulties, research rarely highlights this. In a few studies sensory difficulties are explained as contributing factors to difficulties in work, education and social contexts.
Purpose: To compile previous research that examines and analyses how sensory processing affects activities in everyday life for adolescents/adults with autism.
Method: An integrative... (More) - Background: People with autism have a different sensory processing which affects daily occupations at home and in society. Extensive research about children with autism reflects how sensory difficulties affect school and leisure activities which contribute to stress, poorer participation in social gatherings and tasks. Although adults with autism experience sensory difficulties, research rarely highlights this. In a few studies sensory difficulties are explained as contributing factors to difficulties in work, education and social contexts.
Purpose: To compile previous research that examines and analyses how sensory processing affects activities in everyday life for adolescents/adults with autism.
Method: An integrative literature-review, including 12 scientific articles, was conducted with an inductive approach. Data-analysis was performed in four steps; data-reduction, data-display, data-comparison, conclusion-drawing/verification. Literature search in PubMed, Cinahl and PsycInfo for article choice.
Result: All articles displayed that sensory processing could affect occupation in different constellations. An overall theme was defined; interaction between sensory processing and activity. Three categories were specified; sensory aspects in environment, personal strategies and supportive contacts/relationships promoting activity, and six subthemes.
Conclusion: The literature-review showed that sensory input in environment, personal strategies and supportive contacts/relationships have significance for how sensory processing relates to occupation in adolescents/adults with autism. However, more research is needed. (Less)
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- author
- El Gharbawi, Mohammad Ali LU and Nolke, Helena LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- A reflection on the influence of sensory processing on daily occupation - A literature review about adolescents and adults with autism
- course
- ATPK62 20242
- year
- 2025
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Autism, sensorisk bearbetning, sensorisk känslighet, vardagliga aktiviteter.
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9181315
- date added to LUP
- 2025-01-15 11:43:27
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- 2025-01-15 11:43:27
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abstract = {{Background: People with autism have a different sensory processing which affects daily occupations at home and in society. Extensive research about children with autism reflects how sensory difficulties affect school and leisure activities which contribute to stress, poorer participation in social gatherings and tasks. Although adults with autism experience sensory difficulties, research rarely highlights this. In a few studies sensory difficulties are explained as contributing factors to difficulties in work, education and social contexts.
Purpose: To compile previous research that examines and analyses how sensory processing affects activities in everyday life for adolescents/adults with autism.
Method: An integrative literature-review, including 12 scientific articles, was conducted with an inductive approach. Data-analysis was performed in four steps; data-reduction, data-display, data-comparison, conclusion-drawing/verification. Literature search in PubMed, Cinahl and PsycInfo for article choice.
Result: All articles displayed that sensory processing could affect occupation in different constellations. An overall theme was defined; interaction between sensory processing and activity. Three categories were specified; sensory aspects in environment, personal strategies and supportive contacts/relationships promoting activity, and six subthemes.
Conclusion: The literature-review showed that sensory input in environment, personal strategies and supportive contacts/relationships have significance for how sensory processing relates to occupation in adolescents/adults with autism. However, more research is needed.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{En spegling av sensorikens inflytande på livets aktiviteter - En litteraturöversikt om ungdomar och vuxna med autism}},
year = {{2025}},
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