Synergies in the conceptualisation of resilience and participation following occupational disruption: Reflections informed by an integrative review

Abstract

Prepared as a memorial lecture the article commences with a reflection by the author on the development of a personal construction of resilience that serves as an adapted form of bracketing. A snapshot-history of publications on resilience is done with the assumption that publications serve as a proxy for research activity in the field. The broad scope and meaning of the term resilience will then be contextualised, with some attention to alignment with the scope of occupational therapy practice. The main dimensions of an integrative review, undertaken to explore the synergies between resilience and participation in occupational therapy will be considered by drawing on findings of a study that explored the participation of persons with psychiatric disability in work.