Spending my time- Time use and meaningfulness in daily occupations as perceived by people with persistent mental illness
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Summary, in English
Being occupied per se, as well as having organised activities and routines, was perceived as meaningful and generated a feeling of occupational balance. Further, social life and a feeling of being needed by others was the aspect of meaningfulness most frequently reported in everyday life. Other aspects of meaningfulness in daily occupations were enjoyment, a sense of achievement and doing occupations to take care of oneself to maintain health. Work, in terms of employment, was perceived as meaningful since it had certain unique characteristics, gave structure to the day, a feeling of normality and acceptance, a balanced everyday life, and increased well-being. However, it was important that the demands at work and the individuals’ interests and skills were well matched. A tentative model was suggested, integrating these aspects of meaningfulness in work.
Publishing year
2008
Language
English
Publication/Series
Lund University Faculty of Medicine Doctoral Dissertation Series
Volume
2008:65
Full text
Document type
Dissertation
Publisher
Lund University, Division of Occupational Therapy and gerontology
Topic
- Occupational Therapy
Keywords
- time use
- Persistent mental illness
- meaningful occupations
- occupational balance
- daily activities
- work
- imbalance
- well-being and mental health
Status
Published
Research group
- Sustainable occupations and health in a life course perspective
Supervisor
- Mona Eklund
- Tommy Björkman
- Lena-Karin Erlandsson
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1652-8220
- ISBN: 978-91-86059-18-7
Defence date
11 June 2008
Defence time
13:00
Defence place
Vårdvetenskapens hus, H01
Opponent
- Staffan Josephsson (Docent)