Abstract
Most research describing parents with addiction focuses on mothers, and little is known about fathers. Emerging research suggests constructing a positive occupational identity can help a person sustain recovery. Hermeneutic phenomenology was used to explore 10 fathers’ occupational identity from their initial substance use through addiction to recovery. Two themes emerged: 1) I was young, but it wasn’t a problem until later, and 2) Being an addict is a part of who I am. The findings highlight how participants’ occupational identity fluctuated throughout these temporal stages and suggested strategies for occupational therapy practitioners when working with this population were reviewed.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 359-378 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Occupational Therapy in Mental Health |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 5 2024 |
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Funding
The author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Applied Psychology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Psychiatry and Mental health
Keywords
- Addiction
- Model of Human Occupation
- occupational identity
- substance use disorder
Disciplines
- Psychology
- Environmental Public Health
- Psychiatry
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