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

• DOI: 10.3109/07380577.2014.898115
• Publication Date: 2014-12-16T20:59:23Z
• Authors: Danielle Hitch; Geneviève Pépin; Karen Stagnitti
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Occupational Therapy; Humans; Occupations; Self Concept

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.