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Professional Identity of Undergraduate Occupational Therapy Students

“…The professional identity scores from the written and verbal analyses of each interviewee for each topic were then compared for similarity. Early exposure to speech pathology laid foundation for career choice; this can have a salient effect on the vocational decisions of the child in adulthood (Schiller, 1998).…”

“…Once developed, the possession of a strong professional identity contributes to wellbeing, psychosocial adjustment, and life satisfaction (Skorikov, 2008). Schiller (1998) and Skorikov (2008) demonstrated that in young, working adults, professional identity strength was a reliable predictor of emotional well-being, as it was associated with low levels of anxiety and depression. They also found a strong association between professional identity and life satisfaction, even after controlling for occupational status, education, income, and self-esteem (Schiller, 1998;Skorikov, 2008).…”

“…Schiller (1998) and Skorikov (2008) demonstrated that in young, working adults, professional identity strength was a reliable predictor of emotional well-being, as it was associated with low levels of anxiety and depression. They also found a strong association between professional identity and life satisfaction, even after controlling for occupational status, education, income, and self-esteem (Schiller, 1998;Skorikov, 2008). Conversely, a poor sense of professional identity has been associated with stress and 'burnout', particularly among health professionals (Edwards & Dirette, 2010).…”

Themes of trust, identity, intimacy, and generativity in important autobiographical memories: Associations with life periods and life satisfaction

“…Specifically, we tested whether important autobiographical memories, and thus a person's life story, reflect developmental themes such as trust, identity, intimacy, and generativity (or their respective counterparts) and whether the events remembered were experienced during the life period in which the respective theme is expected to be most dominant (Conway & Holmes, 2004; McAdams & de St. Aubin, 1992; Wilt et al, 2010). Moreover, we examined whether seeing one's life as a story that involves developmental themes and, at the same time, is perceived as generally more positive is related to a person's well‐being (e.g., Schiller, 1998; Wilt et al, 2010).…”

“…Importantly, this also holds for autobiographical memories that reflect a positive engagement with these themes. For instance, Schiller (1998) coded 62 retrospective interviews about important aspects of participants' lives from high school until the date of the interview according to favorable developmental outcomes such as relationship intimacy (i.e., intimacy versus isolation) and career commitment (i.e., identity versus identity confusion). The authors found these developmental outcomes to be correlated with life satisfaction.…”