From Their Perspective: How Adolescents and Young Adults Experience and Conceptualize Life and Occupation Surrounding Parental Divorce or Separation

.............................................................................................................................. ii Co-Authorship Statement ................................................................................................... iv Dedication ........................................................................................................................... v Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................. vi Table of Contents ............................................................................................................. viii List of Tables .................................................................................................................... xii List of Figures .................................................................................................................. xiii List of Appendices ........................................................................................................... xiv Chapter 1 ............................................................................................................................. 1 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Parental Divorce or Marital Separation in North America ..................................... 1 1.1.1 Adolescence and Young Adulthood as Life Stages .................................... 3 1.1.2 Young People’s Interactions With Parental Divorce and Marital Separation ................................................................................................... 5 1.2 An Occupational Science Issue ............................................................................... 6 1.3 Theoretical Framework ........................................................................................... 9 1.4 Methodological Choices ....................................................................................... 11 1.4.1 Narrative Methodology ............................................................................. 12 1.4.2 Visual Methodology .................................................................................. 13 1.5 Situating the Researcher ....................................................................................... 14 1.6 Plan of Presentation .............................................................................................. 16 1.7 References ............................................................................................................. 19 Chapter 2 ........................................................................................................................... 26 2 What does parental divorce or marital separation mean for adolescents? A scoping review of North American literature ............................................................................ 26