Indicators of Occupational Balance and Occupational Experience among Graduate Healthcare Science Students
Event Type
Presentation
Start Date
12-1-2022 9:00 AM
End Date
12-1-2022 12:00 PM
Description
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between graduate students' perception of their occupational balance and their experience of occupational productivity, pleasure, restoration, and social connection.
Methods: The mixed-methods study collected quantitative data from graduate students (n=22) using the Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ - 11) and the Occupational Experience Profile (OEP).
Results: Spearman’s rho correlation test revealed a moderate significant positive relationship, p=0.45 between OBQ-11 and OEP scores. This shows that high OBQ -11 scores concur with high OEP scores meaning that their perceptions of occupational balance correlates with their occupational experiences. Seven of twenty-two participants provided comments about their perception of their occupational experience. Descriptive coding on these comments, employing the Saldaña procedure revealed themes that their occupational experiences were mentally and physically taxing, socially engaging, generally gratifying, and promoting task discontentment.
Conclusion: This study showed that graduate students’ perceptions of their occupational balance correlated with their experiences of productivity, pleasure, restoration and social connection.
Recommended Citation
Carrasco, R. C., Dell'Arciprete, M. L., Grimes-Williams, L., Latigue, A., Ninan, S., Ryan, J., Torres, C., & Weldy, C. (2022), Indicators of Occupational Balance and Occupational Experience among Graduate Healthcare Science Students, Presentation, Ninth Annual Research Colloquium, https://nsuworks.nova.edu/ot_colloquium/ninth/events/1
Indicators of Occupational Balance and Occupational Experience among Graduate Healthcare Science Students
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between graduate students' perception of their occupational balance and their experience of occupational productivity, pleasure, restoration, and social connection.
Methods: The mixed-methods study collected quantitative data from graduate students (n=22) using the Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ - 11) and the Occupational Experience Profile (OEP).
Results: Spearman’s rho correlation test revealed a moderate significant positive relationship, p=0.45 between OBQ-11 and OEP scores. This shows that high OBQ -11 scores concur with high OEP scores meaning that their perceptions of occupational balance correlates with their occupational experiences. Seven of twenty-two participants provided comments about their perception of their occupational experience. Descriptive coding on these comments, employing the Saldaña procedure revealed themes that their occupational experiences were mentally and physically taxing, socially engaging, generally gratifying, and promoting task discontentment.
Conclusion: This study showed that graduate students’ perceptions of their occupational balance correlated with their experiences of productivity, pleasure, restoration and social connection.