Poster Session
Issue Date: August 2019
Published Online: August 01, 2019
Updated: April 30, 2020
Occupation Promotes Student Veterans' Well-Being Through Its Association With a Sense of Meaningful Occupation, Social Support, and Coping Skills
Adam Kinney, MS, OTR/L; Aaron Eakman, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
  • Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Article Information
Military Rehabilitation / Basic Research
Poster Session   |   August 01, 2019
Occupation Promotes Student Veterans' Well-Being Through Its Association With a Sense of Meaningful Occupation, Social Support, and Coping Skills
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2019, Vol. 73, 7311505211. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2019.73S1-PO8035
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2019, Vol. 73, 7311505211. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2019.73S1-PO8035
Abstract

Date Presented 04/06/19

In a sample of 389 student veterans, we employed regression to establish that the meaningfulness of occupation mediated the relationship between social and community-based occupation and both psychological and subjective well-being. Occupation was also associated with greater coping skills and social support, in turn contributing to greater psychological and subjective well-being, respectively. Findings support OTs’ use of occupation to promote veterans’ well-being.

Primary Author and Speaker: Adam Kinney

Additional Authors and Speakers: Aaron Eakman