Making sense of the meaning literature: An integrative review of meaning making and its effects on adjustment to stressful life events
Crystal L. Park · 2010 · Psychological Bulletin, 136(2), 257-301
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Summary
Influential review distinguishing global meaning, situational meaning, meaning-making efforts, and meanings made after stressful life events.
How this source is used on the map
Supports the psychological truth beneath 'everything happens for a reason' while challenging the metaphysical claim that events are arranged for a purpose.
Citation record
- Authors
- Crystal L. Park
- Year
- 2010
- Publication
- Psychological Bulletin, 136(2), 257-301
- Source type
- Review
- Map role
- supports
- Credibility level
- primary
- Citation status
- Verified
- DOI
- 10.1037/a0018301
- PubMed
- Not recorded
- Not recorded
Editorial note
Meaning-making after events is not evidence that events were arranged in advance for that meaning.
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