In the Footsteps of Wilcock, Part Two: The Interdependent Nature of Doing, Being, Becoming, and Belonging

ABSTRACT

The four dimensions of occupation developed by Wilcock in the Occupational Perspective on Health—doing, being, becoming, and belonging—have evolved. Although the inter-relationships between the dimensions have been explored by clinicians and researchers to some degree, the reciprocal and multidimensional nature of these relationships are rarely explicitly addressed. This article will present a critical analysis of the relationships and interaction between doing, being, becoming, and belonging, initially in dyads and then in a multidimensional way. The article proposes provisional understandings of how they combine and influence each other in occupational engagement. Six observations are made on the dimensions of occupation, along with a discussion of the impact of their interrelationships on research and practice.

KEYWORDS. :

• Occupation
• occupational perspective of health
• theory