Making sense of loss and benefiting from the experience: Two construals of meaning

Autor:	Christopher Davis, Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Larson, J.
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	Adult Life Change Events Male Analysis of Variance Cognition Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology Humans Female Interpersonal Relations Grief Middle Aged Social Adjustment
Zdroj:	Scopus-Elsevier
ISSN:	1939-1315 0022-3514
DOI:	10.1037/0022-3514.75.2.561
Popis:	Theoretical models of the adjustment process following loss and trauma have emphasized the critical role that finding meaning plays. Yet evidence in support of these models is meager, and definitions of meaning have been too broad to facilitate a clear understanding of the psychological process involved. Using a prospective and longitudinal study of people coping with the loss of a family member, we differentiate 2 construals of meaning--making sense of the event and finding benefit in the experience--and demonstrate that both independently play roles in the adjustment process following the loss. Results indicate that making sense of the loss is associated with less distress, but only in the 1st year postloss, whereas reports of benefit finding are most strongly associated with adjustment at interviews 13 and 18 months postloss.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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