A narrative analysis of the transition from driving to driving cessation in later life: Implications from an occupational lens.
The transition from driving to driving cessation in older adulthood is considered a major life transition where resulting disruptions can impact sense of self. Such transitions at this life stage offer both a challenge and opportunity to consider the relationship between disruption, adaptation (or n...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Occupational Science Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 537 - 550 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct 2021
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| Sumario: | The transition from driving to driving cessation in older adulthood is considered a major life transition where resulting disruptions can impact sense of self. Such transitions at this life stage offer both a challenge and opportunity to consider the relationship between disruption, adaptation (or not) of occupational patterns, and perceptions of life roles. The current study examines this process of adaptation where the focus is on exploring how disruption, loss, and identity over time are negotiated at this life stage. Semi-structured interviews with each participant explored this process. Based on these interviews and corresponding narrative analysis, the trajectories of each of the five older adults (4 male, 1 female; aged 73-90) were categorized and mapped. The analysis indicated the narrative slopes of three participants were 'progressive' (more ups than downs), one participant was 'stable' (landing where one started), and the remaining participant was 'regressive' (more downs than ups). Results from this study suggest the process of negotiating the transition from driver to non-driver was non-linear, meaning the ensuing adaptations to everyday life involved a major reorganization of occupations and routines. Social support and finding alternative ways of doing were key to negotiating this transition. Challenges experienced during the transition and/or, a failure to adapt, suggests an ongoing and growing disconnect in life roles. Further study of the impact of such disconnection and the ramifications on not only the person but also their social network is warranted. Durante los últimos 20 años, los investigadores de las ciencias del trabajo se han ocupado de la relación existente entre la ocupación y la formación de identidad. Aunque esta investigación ha dado lugar a un cuerpo diverso y rico de literatura, se ha prestado poca atención a los procesos que sustentan la formación de identidad a través de la ocupación. En la literatura más amplia sobre identidad, se ha señalado la autocontinuidad como un proceso de identidad esencial para la fundación del ser y el desarrollo de un núcleo del yo. Partiendo del conjunto de teorías situadas en la teoría psicodinámica, la psicología de la personalidad y la teoría narrativa, presento un constructo teórico que describe la ocupación como una fuente de autocontinuidad en la formación de identidad: 1) en el "ahora" de la experiencia ocupacional, y 2) a través del relato y la representación de las ocupaciones en configuraciones narrativas. 在过去20 年内，生活活动科学研究者专注于生活活动与身份形成之间的关系。 虽然这种研究产生了多种类的、丰富的文献，但很少有人关注通过生活活动来形成身份的过程。 在广义的身份文献中，自我连续性已被确定为对存在基础和核心自我发展至关重要的身份过程。 基于心理动力学理论、人格心理学和叙事理论中的理论组合，本人提出了一个理论结构，将生活活动描述为身份形成中自我连续性的来源： 1) 在生活活动经历的"现在"，以及 2) 通过在叙事配置中讲述和进行生活活动。 |
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