The structural-personal interaction: occupational deprivation and asylum seekers in Australia

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Crawford, Emma, Turpin, Merrill, Nayar, Shoba, Steel, Emily J. and Durand, Jean-Louis. 2016. "The structural-personal interaction: occupational deprivation and asylum seekers in Australia." Journal of Occupational Science. 23 (3), pp. 321-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2016.1153510
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The structural-personal interaction: occupational deprivation and asylum seekers in Australia

ERA Journal ID11021
Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsCrawford, Emma (Author), Turpin, Merrill (Author), Nayar, Shoba (Author), Steel, Emily J. (Author) and Durand, Jean-Louis (Author)
Journal TitleJournal of Occupational Science
Journal Citation23 (3), pp. 321-338
Number of Pages19
Year2016
Place of PublicationAustralia
ISSN1442-7591
2158-1576
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2016.1153510
Abstract

Asylum seekers experience occupational deprivation in the context of restrictive social structures while awaiting refugee visa-status determination. How do social structures of citizenship status and policy shape asylum seekers? experiences? Asylum seekers? experiences in Australia are examined using constructivist grounded theory. Field notes from 10 months of weekly participant observation, 11 formal interviews, 34 survey responses and four policy documents are combined to identify a substantive theory - the Structural-Personal Interaction (SPI). The SPI explains how occupational deprivation arises from an interaction between social structures and personal characteristics. Social structures of citizenship status and policy interact with asylum seekers? personal characteristics, resulting in experiences of ?having nothing to do?, a fundamental component of occupational deprivation. From the SPI, new insights regarding occupational deprivation emerge. Occupational deprivation can stem from an interaction between social structures and personal characteristics. While the SPI is a substantive theory and further research across a range of settings would be beneficial for its generalization, occupational deprivation's structural roots and connections to human vulnerabilities and resilience are discernable when considered in light of the SPI. Strategies to address occupational deprivation might target changes to social structures as well as build on individual strengths and human diversity.

Keywordsoccupational deprivation; asylum seekers; social structures; refugees; qualitative research; occupational justice
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020429999. Other health sciences not elsewhere classified
489999. Other law and legal studies not elsewhere classified
440802. Citizenship
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