Nyman Anneli, Josephsson Staffan, Isaksson Gunilla
Department of Health Science, Luleå University of Technology , Luleå , Sweden.
Scand J Occup Ther. 2014 Sep;21(5):368-76. doi: 10.3109/11038128.2014.911956. Epub 2014 May 30.
The aim of this study was to explore and enhance the understanding of how togetherness in everyday occupations is experienced and discussed among older adults.
Focus-group discussions generated the data and a total of 12 participants, including six women and six men, divided into three groups, participated in this study. Analysis was performed using a grounded theory approach.
The findings reflect how togetherness in everyday occupations can be comprehended as multifold transactional processes, emphasizing how an acted belonging was a situated experience connecting people and places through unfolding stories. The findings suggest that the process of meaning-making in ongoing life was closely associated with togetherness and was negotiated with others through shared culture and experiences. Togetherness meant being part of something in which the persons involved were contributing to each other in various ways. However, being part of togetherness was complicated, especially when the person's life situation was challenged in some way.
It was apparent from the analysis that togetherness could not be taken for granted. Rather, the findings reflect how togetherness was created and maintained through an ongoing process of nurturing established relationships as well as creating something new around occupations with others.
本研究旨在探索并加深对老年人在日常活动中如何体验和谈论共处的理解。
通过焦点小组讨论收集数据，共有12名参与者，包括6名女性和6名男性，分为三组，参与了本研究。采用扎根理论方法进行分析。
研究结果反映出日常活动中的共处可被理解为多重交互过程，强调了一种表现出的归属感是通过不断展开的故事将人与地点联系起来的情境体验。研究结果表明，在持续生活中的意义建构过程与共处密切相关，并通过共享文化和经历与他人进行协商。共处意味着成为某件事情的一部分，其中涉及的人以各种方式相互贡献。然而，成为共处的一部分很复杂，尤其是当一个人的生活状况受到某种挑战时。
从分析中可以明显看出，共处并非理所当然。相反，研究结果反映了共处是如何通过不断培育已建立的关系以及与他人围绕活动创造新事物的过程来创造和维持的。
