Event Type
Poster
Start Date
12-7-2025 8:00 AM
End Date
12-7-2025 12:00 PM
Description
Background
Occupations are meaningful activities that humans perform in daily
life. Individuals may experience a disruption in their occupations because of a life-
altering event. Currently, there are no instruments that measure the severity of
occupational disruption. Retrospective and current data were collected to
standardize and establish the reliability of the Scale of Occupational Disruption.
Methods
Social media flyer responses and retrospective data provided data for
232 participants who completed the scale through REDCap. Only 189 participants
qualified for inclusion due to incomplete responses.
Results
A Cronbach’s alpha revealed acceptable internal consistency reliability (a=0.87), meaning that items
measure the same construct. Factor analysis identified heavy loading on
unobservable behaviors such as doing and belonging, and being and becoming.
Conclusion
The study resulted in a standardized scale with acceptable reliability
and validity for measuring an occupational disruption in occupational therapy.
Keywords
occupational disruption, measurement, occupational science, life- altering events
Recommended Citation
Carrasco, R., Aquino, A. S., Avalos-Medina, G., Thomas, D., & Osman, S. (2025), Initial Validation of the Scale of Occupational Disruption, Poster, Twelfth Annual Research Colloquium, https://nsuworks.nova.edu/ot_colloquium/twelfth/events/7
Included in
Initial Validation of the Scale of Occupational Disruption
Background
Occupations are meaningful activities that humans perform in daily
life. Individuals may experience a disruption in their occupations because of a life-
altering event. Currently, there are no instruments that measure the severity of
occupational disruption. Retrospective and current data were collected to
standardize and establish the reliability of the Scale of Occupational Disruption.
Methods
Social media flyer responses and retrospective data provided data for
232 participants who completed the scale through REDCap. Only 189 participants
qualified for inclusion due to incomplete responses.
Results
A Cronbach’s alpha revealed acceptable internal consistency reliability (a=0.87), meaning that items
measure the same construct. Factor analysis identified heavy loading on
unobservable behaviors such as doing and belonging, and being and becoming.
Conclusion
The study resulted in a standardized scale with acceptable reliability
and validity for measuring an occupational disruption in occupational therapy.