Occupational value and relationships to meaning and health: Elaborations of the ValMO-model

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-80

  Erlandsson, Lena Karin ^a,b   Eklund, Mona ^a   Persson, Dennis ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Occupation; occupational therapy; theory development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OCCUPATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 79951816308     PISSN: 11038128     EISSN: 16512014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/11038121003671619     Document Type: Article

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