Revision with unchanged content. Satisfactory performance in personally
valued roles is known to be important to a sense of purpose and
well-being in everyday life, yet there is little under-standing of how
the concept of role might be used by the role performer. People
recovering from stroke frequently do not resume roles that they
pre-viously held and valued, yet this problem is often not effectively
addressed in rehabilitation. This study used the conceptual framework of
the Occupational Performance Model (Australia) (Chapparo & Ranka, 1997)
to examine how a group of men perceived their own occupational role
performance following a disabling stroke. Inductive analysis of the data
showed that participants used the concept of role to organise their own
occupational performance in terms of meaning, personal abilities and
time. This book uses the information suggested by the data to discuss
the nature of occupational role performance in ways that develop and
extend the construct of occupational performance role as described by
Chapparo and Ranka and other occupational therapy researchers. It is
addressed to health professionals, health educators, and researchers who
are working with people with chronic disability.