Occupational therapists are becoming more involved in the treatment of persons with multiple personality disorder. Occupational therapy literature concerning treatment of this group of patients, however, is sparse. Clinical manifestations of multiple personality disorder include common alter personalities with distinct roles and functions, age-related behavioral patterns, and physiological diff...

Occupational therapy assistant (OTA) supervision is an expected skill and role of entry-level occupational therapists (OTRs). The purpose this convergent mixed-methods study to provide students (OTSs) with interactive collaborative educational opportunity, using OTA-perspective panel discussion improve the learning effective delineation. Participants consisted OTSs (n = 11) in a graduate master...

background and purpose: providing health services in health centers is a challenging and risky job. so that, realization of quality, performance, efficiency, and fairness in the provision of such services needs a proper condition to ensure that the stress experienced by the personnel is minimized. the present study is a survey of the factors effective on job stress among the nurses working in t...

In applying social role theory to account for the content of a wide range of stereotypes, this research tests the proposition that observations of groups' roles determine stereotype content (Eagly & Wood, 2012). In a novel test of how stereotypes can develop from observations, preliminary research collected participants' beliefs about the occupational roles (e.g., lawyer, teacher, fast food wor...

Cross-sectional exploratory research developed to outline the roles and functions of occupational health nurses (OHNs) in Brazil and compare them with those in the United States. The sample consisted of 154 Brazilian occupational health nurses. First, the instrument Job Analysis Survey of Occupational Health Nursing Practice was translated into Portuguese, followed by data collection and data a...

Based on questionnaire responses from 412 undergraduate students, this study sought to examine specific perceptions (i.e., occupational roles, negative personality characteristics, low achieving status, and positive stereotypes) of African American portrayals on television. Results revealed that television viewers perceive the occupational roles and personality characteristics that African Amer...