Jin-Ling Lo

Relationship between daily occupational experiences and subjective well-being

My colleagues and I are interested in the relationship between daily occupational

experiences and subjective well-being. In our previous studies, we found that

subjective or psychological well-being is related to daily occupational experiences.

Those who experience more positive affective experiences tend to be happier than

others. We have studied the subjective well-being of long-term stroke survivors and

found that the most relevant factor for subjective well-being is the level of

reintegration to normal living. In the future we plan to identify daily activities that

contribute to a normal life, and to develop a method of measuring the contributions of

daily occupations to subjective well-being. Our goal is to define "normal living" for

long-term stroke survivors and other clients so that we can develop better

rehabilitation programs for them.