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Medical illness and positive life change: Can crisis lead to personal transformation?

DOI: 10.1037/11854-000

Publisher: American Psychological Association - American Psychological Association

Sep 7, 2009

1 - 10 of 13 Chapters

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Introduction.

Lechner, Suzanne C.; Park, Crystal L.; Stanton, Annette L.; Antoni, Michael H.

Pages: 3 –7

The purpose of this volume is to combine and integrate the thinking of scientists working in the area of positive life changes, based on a recent APA-funded conference in which they presented theoretical perspectives, empirical data, and emerging questions. Clinicians and researchers alike are...
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Overview of theoretical perspectives.

Park, Crystal L.

Pages: 11 –30

To provide an overview of growth in the context of medical illness, I first describe the meanings of the phenomenon of growth. I then briefly review the prominent theories regarding how growth occurs, as well as evidence for these theories. Next, I describe the application of this area of...
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Assessing positive life change: In search of meticulous methods.

Tennen, Howard; Affleck, Glenn

Pages: 31 –49

We reviewed the various views of growth and benefit finding in the literature, and we discovered that people's reports of growth and benefits have been viewed as maladaptive reality distortions, selective appraisals, coping strategies, an aspect of personality, a way of explaining characteristic...
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Challenges in studying positive change after adversity: Illustrations from research on breast cancer.

Carver, Charles S.; Lechner, Suzanne C.; Antoni, Michael H.

Pages: 51 –62

Many people initially assumed that the ability to find benefits from an illness would contribute to better adjustment to the illness, and much research has supported that view. In persons with various cancers, for example, links have emerged between concurrent benefit finding and lower distress,...
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Benefit finding among children and adolescents with diabetes.

Helgeson, Vicki S.; Lopez, Lindsey; Mennella, Constance

Pages: 65 –86

In this chapter, we address four questions about benefit finding and growth among children. First, do children construe benefits from adversity? To the extent that benefit finding is an abstract cognitive skill, one may expect little benefit finding among younger children and increases in benefit...
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Life span developmental perspectives on stress-related growth.

Aldwin, Carolyn M.; Levenson, Michael R.; Kelly, Linda

Pages: 87 –104

We provide a brief synopsis of different approaches to conceptualizing change in adulthood and then link the concept of stress-related growth (SRG) to these different developmental perspectives on positive development. Specifically, we frame our discussion in terms of the dialectic between loss...
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Lessons learned about benefit finding among individuals with cancer or HIV/AIDS.

Lechner, Suzanne C.; Weaver, Kathryn E.

Pages: 107 –124

In this chapter, we examine some of the lessons that researchers have learned from empirical studies of benefit finding and positive growth (BFG) in persons with HIV and cancer, with the goal of informing clinical work with these populations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights...
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Illness perceptions and benefit finding among individuals with breast cancer, acoustic neuroma, or heart disease.

Petrie, Keith J.; Corter, Arden

Pages: 125 –137

One important factor that seems to influence the types of positive effects reported from illness is the way patients view the demands of their illness. This chapter highlights the important role played by patients' perceptions of illness in affecting positive changes following the diagnosis of a...
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Positive life change and the social context of illness: An expanded social-cognitive processing model.

Lepore, Stephen J.; Kernan, William D.

Pages: 139 –152

This chapter identifies and discusses the processes through which interpersonal relationships may contribute to positive experiences, benefit finding, and personal growth in the aftermath of a serious illness such as cancer. In particular, we examine the interplay between social and cognitive...
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Biological correlates: How psychological components of benefit finding may lead to physiological benefits.

Bower, Julienne E.; Epel, Elissa; Moskowitz, Judith Tedlie

Pages: 155 –172

In this chapter, we examine the association between benefit finding and physical health, focusing on the psychological and physiological mechanisms responsible for this effect. We first review the handful of studies that have specifically examined links between benefit finding, physical health,...

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