Occupational Science Ph.D. Dissertations
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2012
Liew, Sook-Lei
Experience Modulates Neural Activity During Action Understanding: Exploring Sensorimotor and Social Cognitive Interactions
Pitts, Deborah
Thinking Like a PSC: An Exploratory Study of the Practice Reasoning of Personal Service Coordinators in a Full Service Partnership
2011
Leary, David
Lived experiences of gay men living with HIV: Intersections of portraiture, narrative, and engagement
Pyatak, Elizabeth
Diabetes management in the everyday lives of emerging adults
2010
Blanchard, Jeanine
A mixed-methods study of older adults in a Lifestyle Redesign® program
Marterella, Abbey
One size fits none: Theorizing weight management in the everyday lives of adults with serious mental illness
2009
Ausderau, Karla
Mothers’ negotiation of feeding occupations with their child who has a gastrostomy tube
Chang, Megan Chia-Chen
Autonomic and behavioral responses of children with autism to auditory stimulation
Kuo, Chang-Chih
The relationship of expectation and satisfaction of filial piety on stroke-related outcomes of Chinese older adults in stroke rehabilitation
Saunders Newton, Clarissa
Sustaining mechanisms of transformation: Spiritual practice and well-being in the daily lives of African American women
Wilkinson, Kimberly
Mothers’ perspectives on everyday life with children with autism: Mealtimes explored
2008
Breeden, Lori Jean
Transformative occupations: Life experiences of performers with disabilities in film and television
Fogelberg, Donald J.
A complex systems view of habit and its impact on pressure ulcer risk in adults with spinal cord injury
Mernar, Thomas J.
Place integration of newly relocated nursing home residents: Understanding the links of occupation and environment to health
2007
Eakman, Aaron M.
A reliability and validity study of the meaningful activity participation assessment
Stouffer, Susan Saylor
Occupation in the lives of adults with schizophrenia: Creations of hope
Su, Yu-Ren
Parenting in a foreign land: The lived experience of Taiwanese immigrants with disabled children in the United States
2006
Kibele, Alice Anne
At play with meaning: Toys and other favorite objects in the everyday lives of young children
Kondo, Tomoko
Recovery from life crisis through occupations: Eight stories in the novel “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle”: by Haruki Murakami
McLaughlin Gray, Julie Ann
A longitudinal analysis of occupation in stroke recovery: A singe case history
Odawara, Etsuko
Life crisis in old age: Occupation, culture and the problem of “Good Aging” in Japan
2005
Asaba, Mats Eric Ken
“I’m not much different”: Occupation,identity, and spinal cord injury in America
Billock, Christy
Delving into the center: Women’s lived experiences of spirituality through occupation
Chang, Ling- Hui
Rehabilitative narratives of individuals with neurological illnesses and their caregivers in a rehabilitation unit in central Taiwan: An ethnographic study
Forwell, Susan Jane
The personal projects approach: A method to use with persons with multiple sclerosis
Hueker, Esther
Something’s happening: Emergence of social worlds on the school playground
Park, Melissa Marjorie
Narrative practices of intersubjectivity: An ethnography of children with autism in a sensory integration based occupational therapy clinic
Sriphetcharawut, Sarinya
Mothering occupations: An ethnographic study of Thai women with physical disabilities in the north of Thailand
2004
McDannel, Renee Paula
Classroom occupations from the perspectives of three high school students with attention deficit disorder
O’Brien, Valerie J.
The relationship between family routines and perceived stress in mothers with children with and without a disability
Peralta, Maria Theresa S.
“From Where Are You Back Home?” Ethnography of Filipina domestic workers spending Sundays at Statue Square
2003
Bagatell, Nancy
Constructing identities in social worlds: Stories of four adults with autism
Freeman, Bonnie
Parenting adolescents with the Internet in the household: A qualitative study
Huang, Yan-Hua
Health-related quality of life, occupation and prosthesis use in elderly people with lower extremity amputation in Taiwan
Lee, I-Ching
A comparison of play performance of boys with autism and that of boys without disabilities in Taiwan
Price, Pollie Pauline
Occupation-centered practices: Providing opportunities for becoming and belonging
Qu, Wenchun
Quality of daily occupational experience and its relationship with adolescent tobacco smoking
2002
Gordon, Don Michael
Therapeutics and science in the history of occupational therapy
Su, Chia-Ting
The relationships among five sensory systems in children with sensory integration problems as measured by the Evaluation of Sensory Processing (ESP)
2001
McDonald, Ann Elizabeth
The after school occupations of homeless youth: Implications for occupational science, occupational therapy, and public policy
Spitzer, Susan Lanell
No words necessry: An ethnography of daily activities with young children who don’t talk
2000
Kao, Chih-Chuan
Motivational orientation, achievement, and school-related occupations in Taiwanese gifted children
1999
Fanchiang, Shan-Pin Cynthia
Participation in occupation and quality of life in individuals with Parkinson’s disease
Farnworth, Louise
The time use and subjective experience of occupations of young male and female legal offenders
Russel, Elizabeth
Career change in mothers of children with disabilities
White Jr., John Anthony
Occupation and adaptation: An ethnographic study of ten people with disabilities using Title I of the ADA to fight employment discrimination
1998
Blanche, Erna
Play and process: The experience of play in the life of the adult
Florey, Linda Lou
Summer camp as a transformative experience
Kennedy, Bonnie
Feeling and doing: Health and mind-body-context interactions during daily occupations of women with HIV/AIDS
Pendleton, Heidi McHugh
Establishment and sustainment of friendships of women with physical disability: the role of participation in occupation
1997
Knox, Susan Hirsch
Play and play styles of preschool children
Meltzer, Phyllis
The Self-Discovery Tapestry Instrument used by mid-life women who are changing occupations through higher education
1996
Larson, Elizabeth Ann
Embracing paradox: The daily experience and subjective well-being of Mexican-origin mothers parenting children with disabilities
Pierce, Doris Emma
Infant space, infant time: Development of infant interaction with the physical environment from one to 18 months
1995
Jackson, Jeanne Marie
Lesbian identities, daily occupations, and health care experiences
Ludwig, Ferol Menks
The use and meaning of routine in women over seventy years of age
Primeau, Loree Ann
Orchestration of work and play within families
Segal, Ruth
Family adaptation to a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Wood, Wendy Hower
Environmental influences upon the relationship of engagement in occupation to adaptation among captive chimpanzees
Wright, JoAnne
Occupational restructuring by and selected psychological characteristics of older adults after the death of their spouse
1994
Krishnagiri, Sheama Seshagiri
The occupation of mate selection
Lo, Jin-Ling Julia
The relationship between affective experiences during daily occupations and subjective well-being measures
