Interest in meaning and meaning making in the context of stressful life events continues to
grow, but research is hampered by conceptual and methodological limitations. Drawing on …

Conservation of resources (COR) theory has become one of the two leading theories of
stress and trauma in the past 20 years, along with the pioneering theory of Lazarus and …

Mitä on hyvä elämä? Kummat ovat ihmiselle tunnusomaisempia, positiiviset vai negatiiviset
tunteet? Voiko ihminen oppia elämään myönteisellä tavalla? Markku Ojasen Positiivinen …

Does my life have any deeper meaning? Does God really care about me? How can I find
and follow my moral compass? What do I do when my faith is shaken to the core? Spiritual …

Contemporary scholarship on mindfulness casts it as a form of purely nonevaluative
engagement with experience. Yet, traditionally mindfulness was not intended to operate in a …

This target article focuses on the construct of post–traumatic growth—positive psychological
change experienced as a result of the struggle with highly challenging life circumstances …

How do people cope with stressful experiences? What makes a coping strategy effective for
a particular individual? This volume comprehensively examines the nature of psychosocial …

Abstract Empirical studies (n= 39) that documented positive change following trauma and
adversity (eg, posttraumatic growth, stress‐related growth, perceived benefit, thriving; …

Interest in the phenomenon of perceived growth following highly stressful experiences
continues to proliferate. Already there is abundant evidence that perceptions of growth are …

Given the devastation caused by disasters and mass violence, it is critical that intervention
policy be based on the most updated research findings. However, to date, no evidence …