Using the meaning making model as our framework, we examined relations among global
and appraised meaning and well-being in a sample of 189 college students who had …

With the growing interest in the role of cognitions in PTSD, this prospective study examined
the course and bi-directional relationship between post-trauma cognitions and symptoms of …

Traits and perceptions that predict psychological and physical well-being have been the
focus of great interest in Positive Psychology. The paper focused on positive perception (PP) …

Janoff-Bulman's (1992) shattered assumptions theory proposes that people possess three
kinds of fundamental assumptions, specifically that the world is benevolent, the world is …

Theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of meaning in bereavement suggest a
distinction between meaning as sense-making, or the integration of the loss into a coherent …

Background: The aim of this article is to present the shattered assumptions theory of trauma
by Ronnie Janoff-Bulman. It is a theoretical construct it makes it possible for understanding …

Youth aging out of foster care are at high risk for developing substance use disorders
(SUDs), and females with histories of sexual abuse may be especially at risk. Sexual abuse …