The parenting occupations and purposes conceptual framework: A scoping review of ‘doing’ parenting

Abstract

Introduction: Parenting is a valued, common and challenging adult role.Many parents, including some living with disability or difficult social circumstances, experience barriers to fulfilling their parenting roles. Yet, occupational therapy involvement in parenting is rarely documented. Current understandings about 'doing' parenting lack cohesion and are dispersed in occupational therapy literature. This study aims to map and synthesise occupational therapy literature on 'doing' parenting to describe the state of the existing knowledge base, and develop a conceptual framework of parenting occupations as portrayed in occupational therapy literature. Methods: A scoping review was conducted. Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched on 28 October 2019 and updated on 18 February 2021. Journal articles and book chapters were screened for eligibility. Included texts' publication characteristics, methodological characteristics, and areas of focus were summarised. Interpretive content analysis was conducted. Results: From 5945 unique records, 105 texts were included. These discussed general parenting, parents with disabilities, and parenting in challenging social situations. Most texts focussed on mothers caring for young children in Western cultural contexts. The analysis culminated in the development of a conceptual framework: the Parenting Occupations and Purposes (POP) Framework. This comprises 10 interrelated areas of parenting occupations, which are performed for the purposes of addressing the child's basic, developmental and social needs. Parenting occupations were also found to be influenced by additional, underlying occupations that build parenting capacity -Continuous Parental Development (CPD) occupations. Conclusion: These findings provide an overview of current occupational therapy conceptualisations of parenting. Unlike most of the existing literature on parenting, the POP Framework is parent-centric rather than child-centric. More research on parenting occupations is needed, especially with more diverse representation (fathers, ages of children, parental disability and sociocultural background). Further research is required to examine the POP

Das Eltern-Kind-Spiel – Co-Betätigung

“…All diese Betätigungen lassen sich zehn Kategorien zuordnen, die im „Parenting Occupations and Purposes (POP) framework“ zusammengefasst sind (PARENTING OCCUPATIONS, S. 25). Die verschiedenen Betätigungen werden im Modell einem bestimmten Zweck zugeordnet: die Grundbedürfnisse sowie die entwicklungsrelevanten und die sozialen Bedürfnisse des Kindes zu erfüllen 1 . Darin enthalten sind auch Eltern-Kind-Spiele.…”

Parents living with and beyond cancer: A scoping review of unmet supportive care needs and impact on daily life

“…Parenting is a valued and complex role that is shaped by culture and context, which can be significantly impacted by a cancer diagnosis. The role of parent can be defined by the specific activities and occupations in which parents engage to meet a range of child needs (Lim et al, 2022). A cancer diagnosis can disrupt this role as there is an inherent conflict between caring for oneself and caring for others, leading to unmet supportive care needs.…”

“…There is a need for a more holistic understanding of parenting in occupational therapy across a broad range of disabilities and health conditions, including cancer (Lim et al, 2022). In a population-based study, it was found that 14-24.7% of parents with cancer have minor children (Inhestern et al, 2021), making parenting an important survivorship issue.…”

“…In a population-based study, it was found that 14–24.7% of parents with cancer have minor children (Inhestern et al, 2021), making parenting an important survivorship issue. Traditionally, the focus of parenting is meeting the physiological and developmental needs of the child (Lim et al, 2022; American Occupational Therapy Association, 2020); however, Hackett & Cook (2016) suggest re-focusing on parental needs and well-being. This re-focusing may allow occupational therapy practitioners the opportunity to explicitly address the occupational needs of parents (Lim et al, 2022).…”

Parenting with a physical disability: A scoping review of assessment methods

“…To support parents with a PD in this role, parenting assessments are essential to document their needs in all areas of care and determine the clinical interventions and resources that would be required to meet them (Michallet & Hamelin, 2016; National Council on Disability, 2012). However, barriers in occupational therapy practice are also reported, including knowledge gaps (Powell et al, 2019), few professional resources (Lampe et al, 2019; Lim et al, 2022), and a striking lack of formal assessment use with parents with a PD (Kirshbaum, 2013; Lampe et al, 2019). Consequently, little is known about how parenting assessments are designed, performed, and validated for parents with a PD.…”