I think of my family, therefore i am: Perceptions of daily occupations of some Albanians in Switzerland

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-48

  Heigl, Franziska ^a   Kinébanian, Astrid ^b   Josephsson, Staffan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

collectivism; culture; individualism; Occupational science; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SWITZERLAND; WORK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ALBANIA; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SWITZERLAND; WORK;

EID: 79951817549     PISSN: 11038128     EISSN: 16512014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/11038120903552648     Document Type: Article

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