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Occupational Balance Among Parents Of Typically Developing Children And Parents Of Children With Disabilities Living In Qatar, Brightlin Nithis Dhas

Occupational Therapy Program Student Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Parents of children with disabilities are often not the focus of intervention in occupational therapy practice although they are known to spend more time meeting the needs of their children and report poor occupational balance. The aim of the dissertation study was to compare the occupational balance among parents of children with disabilities and parents of typically developing children and to find, if any, significant predictors of occupational balance. The secondary objective was to investigate if there was any association between occupational balance and family quality of life. To fully understand the multiple perspectives of occupational balance and the factors …