Hope and the affective tone of narratives as correlates of posttraumatic growth in people who have lost motor ability
Journal Title: Roczniki Psychologiczne - Year 2015, Vol 18, Issue 1
Abstract
In the article we present data collected from 50 people who lost their motor ability in accidents. Analyses of narrative interviews conducted with the accident victims suggest that a positive affec-tive tone of narratives about the accident itself and the accident's influence on later life is con-nected to higher levels of posttraumatic growth. Other factors facilitating the experience of post-traumatic growth were hope and basic trust, as well as the theme of agency present in the narra-tives.
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Mariusz Zięba
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