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Meaning making following trauma.

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Park, Crystal L.·2022·Frontiers in Psychology

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The meaning making model provides s a useful framework for integrating myriad existing meaning-related theories and empirical findings. In this overview, I describe this model, which comprises both global and situational (event-specific) aspects. Global meaning encompasses foundational beliefs, values and goals, and a subjective sense of meaningfulness while situational meaning entails the appraisal of an experience. When an experience is perceived as discrepant with global meaning, individuals experience distress and engage in a variety of efforts to make meaning of that experience. Meaning making is usually aimed at changing the meaning of the situation but can also involve changing global meaning (e.g., adopting a new way of understanding the world or new goals) (i.e., meaning made). Successful meaning making reduces discrepancies between global meaning and individuals’ assigned meaning of the specific experience and restores harmony within their global meaning vis-à-vis their current experience.

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  • Meaning-making has been shown to enhance resilience, promote psychological growth, and reduce the long-term impact of trauma.

    “This process has been shown to enhance resilience, promote psychological growth, and reduce the long-term impact of trauma (Park, 2022).”

    From From use to abuse: psychological, neurobiological, and spiritual pathways in relational harm and recovery (2026) · cites this paper as Park, 2022

    The ‘Meanings Made’ section reports perceived positive changes, including enhanced coping skills, and fewer PTSD symptoms among survivors whose beliefs changed positively. The ‘Meaning Making’ section reports an association between positive reappraisal and better mood years later. These passages support a link with growth and later adjustment, but they do not establish that meaning-making itself enhances resilience or causes a reduction in trauma’s long-term impact. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Park, C. L.
Affiliations
University of Connecticut (US)
Corresponding author
Park, Crystal L.
Venue
Frontiers in Psychology
Published
2022-03-23
Volume
13
Pages
844891-844891
ISSN
1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4221067000
Cited by
103
References
26
Citations by year
2026: 39 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 2
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14.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Frontiers in Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
Keywords
meaning-making, trauma, global meaning, situational meaning, distress, values and goals

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