Hans Jonsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3842963 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hans Jonsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hans |
| FAMILY NAME | Jonsson |
| SIGNATURE | JONSSON H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Karolinska Institutet |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7864-7216 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Retirees from Europe migrating to Thailand
A narrative analysis of the transition from driving to driving cessation in later life
The transition from driving to driving cessation in older adulthood is considered a major life transition where resulting disruptions can impact sense of self. Such transitions at this life stage offer both a challenge and opportunity to consider the relationship between disruption, adaptation (or not) of occupational patterns, and perceptions of life roles. The current study examines this process of adaptation where the focus is on exploring how…
Some of us actually choose to do this”
Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate how female sex workers perceive and describe meaning when engaging in the non-sanctioned occupation of sex work. Method: In-depth semi-structured interviews were carried out with six sex workers aged 26 to 56 years who were working either part-time or full-time at a brothel or worked “privately & discreetly.” Interpretative phenomenological analysis was applied to develop themes representing …
Occupational Balance
This article reports a comprehensive review of the research conducted regarding occupational balance. A scoping study method was used to explore and describe current research about occupational balance and to identify research gaps. Twenty-two articles published between 2009 and 2014 met the inclusion criteria. The articles reported studies conducted in eight countries on four continents, but the majority were conducted in Europe and North Americ…
Meanings Created in Co-occupation
Co-occupation refers to activities that require the participation of two or more people. While knowledge about co-occupation is expanding, few empirical studies have sought to advance the understanding of co-occupation in late life. The current study used interview data from one couple who participated in a longitudinal 2-year qualitative study among community-dwelling older couples plus photographs taken of them engaged in one of their most valu…
Articulating an Occupational Perspective
Within the field of occupational science the term occupational perspective is widely used to guide research. However, when the term is used it is often not defined. To address the need for a common understanding that will enhance clarity and make theoretical understandings explicit, a scoping review of the definitional literature was conducted. It was determined that definitional clarity was necessary. This paper proposes a new definition: an occ…
Changing everyday activities of couples in late life
Understanding the Role of Occupation in Ageing
This article presents the life stories of four older women in Vienna in order to better understand the role of occupation in the course of ageing. A qualitative life-story method in the narrative tradition was used as a design of this multiple case study. The stories presented extend beyond an illness or deficit narrative and contribute to a more multifaceted narrative of the subjective experience of ageing in occupational terms in connection wit…
Language differences in qualitative research
This article discusses challenges of language differences in qualitative research, when participants and the main researcher have the same non-English native language and the non-English data lead to an English publication. Challenges of translation are discussed from the perspective that interpretation of meaning is the core of qualitative research. As translation is also an interpretive act, meaning may get lost in the translation process. Reco…
One body, three hands and two minds
This exploratory case‐study aims to understand an older couple's experience of their everyday occupations after a stroke. Data were collected through individual and joint interviews conducted during multiple home visits over a period of 7 months, 3 years after the stroke. Analysis resulted in two personal narratives and one joint narrative. The main finding is that their current occupational life is fully intertwined. The couple acts as one entit…
I Have Mastered the Challenge of Living With a Chronic Disease
Our aim with this study was to explore the narrative life story of individuals diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. An open qualitative approach, namely narrative biographic methodology, was applied to include the life context of the participants and to deliberately exclude predefinitions of concepts. Ten people with rheumatoid arthritis who retired early because of the disease participated and were interviewed three times according to a narrativ…
A new direction in the conceptualization and categorization of occupation
Current conceptualizations of occupation reflect a direction in thinking that addresses societal and political needs rather than how occupation relates to human development and well‐being. The fields of occupational science and occupational therapy need to move in new directions to develop theories about occupation that matter for people. Drawing from a longitudinal study of Swedish workers who went into retirement, an alternative way to conceptu…
Towards an Experiential Model of Occupational Balance
The Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM) being elaborated within flow theory provides a unique opportunity to collect data about occupational experiences. Both four‐ and eight‐channel models have been developed, to capture various dimensions of people's lived experience. However neither of these models seems suitable for analysis and discussion of balance within everyday life and its relationship to other factors such as well‐being. The purpose …
Retirement
The aim of this study was to explore retirement as an occupational transition. Twenty‐nine participants aged 66 years were interviewed and the data analysed using a comparative qualitative method. The analysis showed that a new temporal structure developed where the participants were gliding into a slower rhythm. Some occupations also changed meaning when they were performed in the new circumstances of retirement. A common pattern in the transiti…
Occupational terms across languages and countries
(1999). Occupational terms across languages and countries. Journal of Occupational Science: Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 42-47
Social Support and the Development of Immune Function in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
A psychosocial investigation offered to all human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected men with moderately severe or severe hemophilia in Sweden was made in 1986. Most of these men had been infected in the years 1980 to 1984 and told about their infections in 1985. Forty-nine subjects had answered questions in regard to sources of emotional support in their life situation. Based on the responses to these questions a score of "availability of att…
The Laryngeal Theory
A new direction in the conceptualization and categorization of occupation
Current conceptualizations of occupation reflect a direction in thinking that addresses societal and political needs rather than how occupation relates to human development and well‐being. The fields of occupational science and occupational therapy need to move in new directions to develop theories about occupation that matter for people. Drawing from a longitudinal study of Swedish workers who went into retirement, an alternative way to conceptu…
Articulating an Occupational Perspective
Within the field of occupational science the term occupational perspective is widely used to guide research. However, when the term is used it is often not defined. To address the need for a common understanding that will enhance clarity and make theoretical understandings explicit, a scoping review of the definitional literature was conducted. It was determined that definitional clarity was necessary. This paper proposes a new definition: an occ…
Retirement
The aim of this study was to explore retirement as an occupational transition. Twenty‐nine participants aged 66 years were interviewed and the data analysed using a comparative qualitative method. The analysis showed that a new temporal structure developed where the participants were gliding into a slower rhythm. Some occupations also changed meaning when they were performed in the new circumstances of retirement. A common pattern in the transiti…
One body, three hands and two minds
This exploratory case‐study aims to understand an older couple's experience of their everyday occupations after a stroke. Data were collected through individual and joint interviews conducted during multiple home visits over a period of 7 months, 3 years after the stroke. Analysis resulted in two personal narratives and one joint narrative. The main finding is that their current occupational life is fully intertwined. The couple acts as one entit…
Changing everyday activities of couples in late life
Some of us actually choose to do this”
Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate how female sex workers perceive and describe meaning when engaging in the non-sanctioned occupation of sex work. Method: In-depth semi-structured interviews were carried out with six sex workers aged 26 to 56 years who were working either part-time or full-time at a brothel or worked “privately & discreetly.” Interpretative phenomenological analysis was applied to develop themes representing …
Understanding the Role of Occupation in Ageing
This article presents the life stories of four older women in Vienna in order to better understand the role of occupation in the course of ageing. A qualitative life-story method in the narrative tradition was used as a design of this multiple case study. The stories presented extend beyond an illness or deficit narrative and contribute to a more multifaceted narrative of the subjective experience of ageing in occupational terms in connection wit…
Meanings Created in Co-occupation
Co-occupation refers to activities that require the participation of two or more people. While knowledge about co-occupation is expanding, few empirical studies have sought to advance the understanding of co-occupation in late life. The current study used interview data from one couple who participated in a longitudinal 2-year qualitative study among community-dwelling older couples plus photographs taken of them engaged in one of their most valu…
Towards an Experiential Model of Occupational Balance
The Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM) being elaborated within flow theory provides a unique opportunity to collect data about occupational experiences. Both four‐ and eight‐channel models have been developed, to capture various dimensions of people's lived experience. However neither of these models seems suitable for analysis and discussion of balance within everyday life and its relationship to other factors such as well‐being. The purpose …
The Laryngeal Theory
Social Support and the Development of Immune Function in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
A psychosocial investigation offered to all human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected men with moderately severe or severe hemophilia in Sweden was made in 1986. Most of these men had been infected in the years 1980 to 1984 and told about their infections in 1985. Forty-nine subjects had answered questions in regard to sources of emotional support in their life situation. Based on the responses to these questions a score of "availability of att…
Occupational terms across languages and countries
(1999). Occupational terms across languages and countries. Journal of Occupational Science: Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 42-47
Retirement
The aim of this study was to explore retirement as an occupational transition. Twenty‐nine participants aged 66 years were interviewed and the data analysed using a comparative qualitative method. The analysis showed that a new temporal structure developed where the participants were gliding into a slower rhythm. Some occupations also changed meaning when they were performed in the new circumstances of retirement. A common pattern in the transiti…
Towards an Experiential Model of Occupational Balance
The Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM) being elaborated within flow theory provides a unique opportunity to collect data about occupational experiences. Both four‐ and eight‐channel models have been developed, to capture various dimensions of people's lived experience. However neither of these models seems suitable for analysis and discussion of balance within everyday life and its relationship to other factors such as well‐being. The purpose …
I Have Mastered the Challenge of Living With a Chronic Disease
Our aim with this study was to explore the narrative life story of individuals diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. An open qualitative approach, namely narrative biographic methodology, was applied to include the life context of the participants and to deliberately exclude predefinitions of concepts. Ten people with rheumatoid arthritis who retired early because of the disease participated and were interviewed three times according to a narrativ…
A new direction in the conceptualization and categorization of occupation
Current conceptualizations of occupation reflect a direction in thinking that addresses societal and political needs rather than how occupation relates to human development and well‐being. The fields of occupational science and occupational therapy need to move in new directions to develop theories about occupation that matter for people. Drawing from a longitudinal study of Swedish workers who went into retirement, an alternative way to conceptu…
One body, three hands and two minds
This exploratory case‐study aims to understand an older couple's experience of their everyday occupations after a stroke. Data were collected through individual and joint interviews conducted during multiple home visits over a period of 7 months, 3 years after the stroke. Analysis resulted in two personal narratives and one joint narrative. The main finding is that their current occupational life is fully intertwined. The couple acts as one entit…
Language differences in qualitative research
This article discusses challenges of language differences in qualitative research, when participants and the main researcher have the same non-English native language and the non-English data lead to an English publication. Challenges of translation are discussed from the perspective that interpretation of meaning is the core of qualitative research. As translation is also an interpretive act, meaning may get lost in the translation process. Reco…
Understanding the Role of Occupation in Ageing
This article presents the life stories of four older women in Vienna in order to better understand the role of occupation in the course of ageing. A qualitative life-story method in the narrative tradition was used as a design of this multiple case study. The stories presented extend beyond an illness or deficit narrative and contribute to a more multifaceted narrative of the subjective experience of ageing in occupational terms in connection wit…
Meanings Created in Co-occupation
Co-occupation refers to activities that require the participation of two or more people. While knowledge about co-occupation is expanding, few empirical studies have sought to advance the understanding of co-occupation in late life. The current study used interview data from one couple who participated in a longitudinal 2-year qualitative study among community-dwelling older couples plus photographs taken of them engaged in one of their most valu…
Articulating an Occupational Perspective
Within the field of occupational science the term occupational perspective is widely used to guide research. However, when the term is used it is often not defined. To address the need for a common understanding that will enhance clarity and make theoretical understandings explicit, a scoping review of the definitional literature was conducted. It was determined that definitional clarity was necessary. This paper proposes a new definition: an occ…
Changing everyday activities of couples in late life
Occupational Balance
This article reports a comprehensive review of the research conducted regarding occupational balance. A scoping study method was used to explore and describe current research about occupational balance and to identify research gaps. Twenty-two articles published between 2009 and 2014 met the inclusion criteria. The articles reported studies conducted in eight countries on four continents, but the majority were conducted in Europe and North Americ…
Some of us actually choose to do this”
Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate how female sex workers perceive and describe meaning when engaging in the non-sanctioned occupation of sex work. Method: In-depth semi-structured interviews were carried out with six sex workers aged 26 to 56 years who were working either part-time or full-time at a brothel or worked “privately & discreetly.” Interpretative phenomenological analysis was applied to develop themes representing …
A narrative analysis of the transition from driving to driving cessation in later life
The transition from driving to driving cessation in older adulthood is considered a major life transition where resulting disruptions can impact sense of self. Such transitions at this life stage offer both a challenge and opportunity to consider the relationship between disruption, adaptation (or not) of occupational patterns, and perceptions of life roles. The current study examines this process of adaptation where the focus is on exploring how…
Retirees from Europe migrating to Thailand
Psychology (16 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Occupational science (8 works) · Occupational Therapy (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Occupational Therapy Practice and Research (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Medicine (5 works)