When is meaning making unhealthy for the self? The roles of neuroticism, implicit theories, and memory telling in trauma and transgression memories

Memory

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-96

  Lilgendahl, Jennifer Pals ^a   McLean, Kate C ^b   Mansfield, Cade D ^c  

^a HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Meaning making; Narrative identity; Self event connections; Transgressions; Traumas

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INJURY; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84873647080     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2012.706615     Document Type: Article

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