Marilyn Armour
Biographic Data
| ID | 151276 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marilyn Armour |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marilyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Armour |
| SIGNATURE | ARMOUR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Reframing school-based restorative justice as a structural population health intervention
Meaning Making in Survivorship
Meaning making is fast emerging as a core construct in addressing trauma and violent loss. Meaning-making theorists, however, have suggested that people who have suffered severe, direct traumas may be the most likely to search for meaning but the least likely to find it. This unfortunate conclusion is based on empirical studies that have narrowly construed meaning making as "making sense" or "finding benefit" and that have limited their investiga…
Conceptualizing a Holocaust Survivorship Model
This article is one of the first in an issue that presents the findings of the study “Forgiveness, Resiliency, and Survivorship Among Holocaust Survivors” funded by the John Templeton Foundation. The issue includes findings from a major quantitative study of 133 survivors and a number of smaller qualitative studies of sub-samples of survivors. The Templeton study incorporated a number of theoretical frameworks to describe critical events in survi…
Violent Death
Approximately 1 in 3 Americans have a loved one die in a sudden violent manner in their lifetime. This article examines the postevent experiences of three groups of survivors: survivors of victims of motor vehicle fatalities, suicide, and homicide. The article takes the position that experiences vary, in part, because each group faces different challenges created by the mode of death. Challenges are classified as trauma reactions, negative social…
Continuity of activities and child well-being for foster care youth
Meaning Making in the Aftermath of Homicide
Although sense making or finding benefit are well documented examples of meaning making processes, meaning making grounded in action has received less attention. This article adds a specific demonstration of the relevance of performed meanings to homicide survivors and other traumatized populations through a qualitative study of 38 members of 14 families. The central finding of the study points to "the intense pursuit of what matters" as a major …
Meaning Making in the Aftermath of Homicide
Although sense making or finding benefit are well documented examples of meaning making processes, meaning making grounded in action has received less attention. This article adds a specific demonstration of the relevance of performed meanings to homicide survivors and other traumatized populations through a qualitative study of 38 members of 14 families. The central finding of the study points to "the intense pursuit of what matters" as a major …
Meaning Making in Survivorship
Meaning making is fast emerging as a core construct in addressing trauma and violent loss. Meaning-making theorists, however, have suggested that people who have suffered severe, direct traumas may be the most likely to search for meaning but the least likely to find it. This unfortunate conclusion is based on empirical studies that have narrowly construed meaning making as "making sense" or "finding benefit" and that have limited their investiga…
Violent Death
Approximately 1 in 3 Americans have a loved one die in a sudden violent manner in their lifetime. This article examines the postevent experiences of three groups of survivors: survivors of victims of motor vehicle fatalities, suicide, and homicide. The article takes the position that experiences vary, in part, because each group faces different challenges created by the mode of death. Challenges are classified as trauma reactions, negative social…
Continuity of activities and child well-being for foster care youth
Reframing school-based restorative justice as a structural population health intervention
Conceptualizing a Holocaust Survivorship Model
This article is one of the first in an issue that presents the findings of the study “Forgiveness, Resiliency, and Survivorship Among Holocaust Survivors” funded by the John Templeton Foundation. The issue includes findings from a major quantitative study of 133 survivors and a number of smaller qualitative studies of sub-samples of survivors. The Templeton study incorporated a number of theoretical frameworks to describe critical events in survi…
Meaning Making in the Aftermath of Homicide
Although sense making or finding benefit are well documented examples of meaning making processes, meaning making grounded in action has received less attention. This article adds a specific demonstration of the relevance of performed meanings to homicide survivors and other traumatized populations through a qualitative study of 38 members of 14 families. The central finding of the study points to "the intense pursuit of what matters" as a major …
Continuity of activities and child well-being for foster care youth
Violent Death
Approximately 1 in 3 Americans have a loved one die in a sudden violent manner in their lifetime. This article examines the postevent experiences of three groups of survivors: survivors of victims of motor vehicle fatalities, suicide, and homicide. The article takes the position that experiences vary, in part, because each group faces different challenges created by the mode of death. Challenges are classified as trauma reactions, negative social…
Meaning Making in Survivorship
Meaning making is fast emerging as a core construct in addressing trauma and violent loss. Meaning-making theorists, however, have suggested that people who have suffered severe, direct traumas may be the most likely to search for meaning but the least likely to find it. This unfortunate conclusion is based on empirical studies that have narrowly construed meaning making as "making sense" or "finding benefit" and that have limited their investiga…
Conceptualizing a Holocaust Survivorship Model
This article is one of the first in an issue that presents the findings of the study “Forgiveness, Resiliency, and Survivorship Among Holocaust Survivors” funded by the John Templeton Foundation. The issue includes findings from a major quantitative study of 133 survivors and a number of smaller qualitative studies of sub-samples of survivors. The Templeton study incorporated a number of theoretical frameworks to describe critical events in survi…
Reframing school-based restorative justice as a structural population health intervention
Psychology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (3 works) · Meaning (existential (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychotherapist (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Criminology (2 works)