Otjr-occupation Participation and Health 

About: Otjr-occupation Participation and Health is an academic journal published by SAGE Publishing. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Occupational therapy & Medicine. It has an ISSN identifier of 1539-4492. Over the lifetime, 722 publications have been published receiving 11451 citations. The journal is also known as: Occupational therapy journal of research : & Occupation, participation and health.

The Distinctive Features of a Feasibility Study: Objectives and Guiding Questions.

Abstract: In this article, we highlight the distinctive features of a feasibility study, identify the main objectives and guiding questions of a feasibility study, and illustrate the use of these objectives. We synthesized the research methods literature related to feasibility studies to identify five overarching objectives of feasibility studies that focus on social and behavioral interventions. Feasibility studies are designed to answer the overarching question: Can it work? The main objectives of feasibility include the assessment of recruitment capability and resulting sample characteristics, data collection procedures and outcome measures, acceptability of the intervention and study procedures, resources and ability to manage and implement the study and intervention, and preliminary evaluation of participant responses to the intervention. For each objective, we identified follow-up questions designed to assist the researchers to understand barriers to the ultimate success of the research.

Occupational Justice: Moral Imagination, Critical Reflection, and Political Praxis.

Abstract: Occupational justice is a term that has made its way onto the conceptual scene in occupational therapy and occupational science over the last two decades (Durocher, Gibson, & Rappolt, 2014; Durocher, Rappolt, & Gibson, 2014; Stadnyk, Townsend, & Wilcock, 2010; Townsend & Wilcock, 2004a, 2004b; Whiteford & Townsend, 2011; Wilcock, 2006; Wilcock & Hocking, 2015; Wilcock & Townsend, 2000). As a relatively new construct, debates are ongoing about its theoretical underpinnings, conceptualizations, definitions, and its relationship to related constructs such as social justice, human rights, and political practice. The articles in this special issue reveal the theoretical “fruitfulness” (Kuhn, 1977) of the construct of occupational justice for illuminating justice issues from an occupational perspective.

The Sociology of Habit: The Perspective of Pierre Bourdieu

Abstract: The work of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu has stimulated new interest in habituated forms of conduct. His concept of habitus has become a leading reference in the growing sociological literature on theories of human action as practices. This article presents Bourdieu's concept of habitus by calling attention to its intellectual context and identifying the features that relate to the sociology of habit. The article identifies common characteristics of action regulated by habit and offers four programmatic implications for occupational therapy interventions.

The Self as Habit: The Reconstruction of Self in Chronic Illness:

Abstract: The self-concept is predicated on taken-for-granted ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that become defining characteristics of an individual and distinguish him or her from other people. Chronic illness disrupts these taken-for-granted notions about self, as well as daily habits that support this self. Yet not all people define the disruption that they experience as serious illness with lasting consequences. Their habitual ways of defining self do not permit them to accept altered images of self—even those given in experience. Thus they avoid viewing themselves as chronically ill and resist reconstructing an altered self around illness until they exhaust other plausible explanations and learn over and over in their daily lives that they have changed. The implications for occupational therapists are that patients may either view treatment as irrelevant for their future selves or see the self-images reflected in treatment activities as at odds with their habitualized self-concepts. The article draws on n...

Patterns of Sensory Processing in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Abstract: The researchers conducted this study to compare the sensory responses of children whose primary diagnosis was Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and children without disabilities on th...