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The relationship between explanatory style and posttraumatic growth after bereavement in a non-clinical sample.

Department of Psychology, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
Death Studies (impact factor: 0.92). 06/2008; 32(5):461-78. DOI:10.1080/07481180801974760 pp.461-78
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ABSTRACT The relationship between explanatory style and self-perceived posttraumatic growth was examined among 105 undergraduates in Hong Kong who had experienced bereavement in the past 6 years. Individuals who tended to attribute positive events to internal, global, and stable factors reported more posttraumatic growth than individuals who tended to attribute positive events to external, specific, and unstable factors. The explanatory style for positive events might affect later cognitive processing, such as meaning making after bereavement, which will affect self-perceived posttraumatic growth. One's explanatory style for negative events is not related to posttraumatic growth after bereavement. Directions for future study are described.

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Keywords

105 undergraduates
 
6 years
 
Directions
 
explanatory style
 
external
 
future study
 
global
 
Hong Kong
 
One's explanatory style
 
positive events
 
posttraumatic growth
 
self-perceived posttraumatic growth
 
specific
 
stable factors
 
unstable factors
 

Samuel M Y Ho