Future time perspective and daily occupations of persons with chronic schizophrenia in a board and care home

Am J Occup Ther. 1994 Jan;48(1):7-18. doi: 10.5014/ajot.48.1.7.

Abstract

Objectives: An ethnographic approach was used to study the relationship between temporal perspective in persons with chronic schizophrenia and their ability to function in chosen occupations and participate in the routines of a board and care home. Components of future time perspective (extension, coherence, and density) are associated with the ability to organize and implement goal-directed activities. The study focused on how future time perspective occurs in a board and care home, with particular emphasis on how the institution influences temporality.

Methods: Participant observation and interviewing were used to gather data on 10 subjects.

Results: The pervasive influence of the facility's institutional rules and expectations is revealed in the findings of subjects' present time orientation and limited future time perspective.

Conclusions: An examination of the fit between the demands of available roles within one's environment and occupations is proposed.

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living / psychology*
  • Adult
  • Awareness
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Halfway Houses*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Occupational Therapy / methods*
  • Occupational Therapy / psychology
  • Schizophrenia / rehabilitation*
  • Schizophrenic Psychology*
  • Social Environment
  • Time Perception