Exploring building resilience in occupational therapy students using complementary health approaches : a phenomenological approach, 2025

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Not

Identifier: b7932386

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The collection consists of dissertations written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate Occupational Therapy program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Doctor of Occupational Therapy degree.

During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were received from consenting student authors), the Monmouth University Library, together with the University's Graduate School and School of Education, began providing open access to select full-text digital versions of current theses and dissertations through links to the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global website in the Library's Online Public Access Catalog. Links to these open access digital publications can also be found in the "External Documents" section under any conforming titles that are listed among the holdings itemized in the collection inventory for this finding aid.

Dates

Creation: 2025

Creator

Notarfrancesco, Jessica T. (1996- ) (Author, Person)
Garcia, Andrea (Thesis advisor, Person)
Patro, John (1985- ) (Thesis advisor, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Access is by appointment only.

Research appointments are scheduled by the Monmouth University Library Archives Collections Manager (732-923-4526). A minimum of three days advance notice is required to arrange a research appointment for access to the collection.

Access to the collection is confined to the Monmouth University Library and is subject to patron policies approved by the Monmouth University Library.

Patrons must sign a completed Researcher Registration Form and provide appropriate identification to obtain access to the collection. Copies of these documents will be kept on file at the Monmouth University Library.

Full Extent

1 Items (print book) : 32 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The relevance of this research is to help better understand the importance of resilience in occupational therapy graduate students and how complementary health approaches and integrative health (CHAIH) techniques can be used as strategies to build resilience for students’ personal lives and future professional experiences. The purpose was to explore the perceived feelings of resilience of first-year doctoral occupational therapy students before and after utilizing complementary health approaches and integrative health (CHAIH) techniques. This phenomenological, qualitative research study consisted of a pre-course survey and post-course survey during a seven-week course, Mindfulness Practice and Wellness I. The study took place at a college graduate center at a private, educational institution. This study had twelve participants. Inclusion criteria included being a first-year student of the occupational therapy program, any gender, and over the age of 18. Participation was voluntary. The notable themes found from the results using in vivo coding for data analysis of the survey results included increased use of complementary health approaches and integrative techniques and increased knowledge of resilience. The conclusion of the research found that there was an increased understanding of resilience and an increased use of the CHAIH techniques learned within the course to help build resilience.