Narrative meaning making and integration

Toward a better understanding of the way falling ill influences quality of life

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7464953
AutoresIris Hartog (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Iris D Hartog (0000-0001-7382-9627, autor de correspondencia), Michael Scherer‐rath (0000-0001-7652-8213, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands), Michael Scherer-Rath, Renske Kruizinga (0000-0003-0922-3940, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Justine E Netjes, Justine Netjes (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), José Henriques (0000-0002-2159-6611, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Josè P S Henriques (0000-0002-8969-7929), Pythia T Nieuwkerk (0000-0002-2616-1414), Pythia Nieuwkerk (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Mirjam A G Sprangers (0000-0002-3728-6933), Mirjam Sprangers (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Hanneke Van Laarhoven (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Hanneke W M Van Laarhoven (0000-0003-1274-5643)
Año2017
Volumen25
Número6
Páginas738-754
Fecha de publicación2017-09-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1359105317731823
PMID28948830
OpenAlexW2760395562
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas76

Falling seriously ill is often experienced as a life event that causes conflict with people’s personal goals and expectations in life and evokes existential questions. This article presents a new humanities approach to the way people make meaning of such events and how this influences their quality of life. Incorporating theories on contingency, narrative identity, and quality of life, we developed a theoretical model entailing the concepts life event, worldview, ultimate life goals, experience of contingency, narrative meaning making, narrative integration, and quality of life. We formulate testable hypotheses and describe the self-report questionnaire that was developed based on the model

Aesthetics · Contingency · Epistemology · Existentialism · Falling (accident · Identity (music · Meaning (existential · Meaning-making · Narrative · Narrative identity · Psychotherapist · Quality (philosophy · Quality of life (healthcare · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology