Elaboration of meaning making processes in stressful events

[The role of intrusive and deliberate ruminations for meaning making in stressful events].

This study examined the relationship between meaning making and rumination regarding stressful events. We focused on two facets of rumination: intrusive and deliberate. Participants (N = 121) completed a questionnaire about a stressful event in their life that assessed the possibility of preventing the event, probability of the event occurring, perceived threat of the event, and meaning making....

[Examination of rumination and meaning making in stressful events: the influence of subjective evaluation of events and personal characteristics].

This study examined the factors that influence meaning making and rumination related to stressful events. Six hypothetical scenarios were used, all of which were contextualized stressful events. Participants (N = 779) completed a questionnaire about one of the six scenarios, which assessed the possibility of preventing the event, the probability of the event occurring, the perceived threat of t...

Meaning making in mothers' and children's narratives of emotional events.

Narrative coherence and the inclusion of mental state language are critical aspects of meaning making, especially about stressful events. Mothers and their 8- to 12-year-old children with asthma independently narrated a time they were scared, frustrated, and happy. Although mothers' narratives were generally more coherent and more saturated with mental state language than children's narratives,...

Is Meaning in Life a Positive Resource When Adjusting to Stressful Life Events?

Role of Stressful Life Events in Mania

The study investigated the role of stressful life events and family pathology in manic illness-selecting 30 cases of mania from Psychiatric Centre Jaipur and 30 normal controls from paramedical staff of psychiatric hospital. Both manics and normals were matched in terms of age, sex, education, marital status etc. All the subjects were subjected to Paykel's life events questionnaire, and an inte...