Rewriting grief following bereavement and non-death loss: a pilot writing-for-wellbeing study

Elzen, Katrin Den; Breen, Lauren J.; Neimeyer, Robert A.

doi:10.1080/03069885.2022.2160967

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“…The synergistic effect of meaning-making in the context of therapy further suggests the possible value of forms of professional intervention that have sense-making regarding stressful events, and the priority of finding renewed meaning in life in their aftermath as central objectives of the therapy, supported by relevant procedures. Such goals and techniques feature prominently in meaning reconstruction therapies for loss, for example [72]. However, the finding that therapy in conjunction with meaning-making is especially salutary requires replication with a larger sample of therapy clients.…”

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The Up-Side of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are Core Belief Violation and Meaning Making Associated with Post-Traumatic Growth?

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Caldiroli

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et al. 2023

IJERPH

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The negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health has been extensively documented, while its possible positive impact on the individual, defined as Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG), has been much less investigated. The present study examines the association between PTG and socio-demographic aspects, pre-pandemic psychological adjustment, stressors directly linked to COVID-19 and four psychological factors theoretically implicated in the change processes (core belief violation, meaning-making, vulnerability and mortality perception). During the second wave of the pandemic 680 medical patients completed an online survey on direct and indirect COVID-19 stressors, health and demographic information, post-traumatic growth, core belief violation, meaning-making capacity, feelings of vulnerability and perceptions of personal mortality. Violation of core beliefs, feelings of vulnerability and mortality, and pre-pandemic mental illness positively correlated with post-traumatic growth. Moreover, the diagnosis of COVID-19, stronger violation of core beliefs, greater meaning-making ability, and lower pre-existing mental illness predicted greater PTG. Finally, a moderating effect of meaning-making ability was found. The clinical implications were discussed.

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