The many facets of meaning making: Comparing multiple measures of meaning making and their relations to psychological distress
@article{Waters2013TheMF, title={The many facets of meaning making: Comparing multiple measures of meaning making and their relations to psychological distress}, author={Theodore E A Waters and John Shallcross and R. Fivush}, journal={Memory}, year={2013}, volume={21}, pages={111 - 124} }
The goals of the present study were to (1) provide a first examination of the potential overlap/independence of three meaning making constructs emerging from distinct literatures, (2) examine those meaning making constructs in relation to psychological distress and (3) assess the extent to which these constructs relate to unique variance regarding psychological distress. Multiple measures of meaning making, including narrative coherence, cognitive mechanisms, narrative theme and post-traumatic… Expand
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