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Self-Focused Attention, Meaning, and Posttraumatic Growth: The Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Affect for Bereaved Women.

This study examined the mediating impact of positive and negative affect on the relationship between two distinct self-focusing tendencies (i.e., reflection and rumination) and meaning and posttraumatic growth among bereaved women. Supporting the study hypotheses, positive affect mediated the relati...

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Published in:Journal of Loss & Trauma Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 13 - 33
Main Authors: Boyraz, Güler, Efstathiou, Natalie
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan/Feb2011
Subjects:
Affect (Psychology)
Analysis of variance
Attention
Bereavement
Self-evaluation
Women
Factor analysis
Multivariate analysis
Mathematical models of psychology
Structural frame models
Individual development
Maximum likelihood statistics
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        affil: Department of Psychology, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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        Affect (Psychology)
        Analysis of variance
        Attention
        Bereavement
        Self-evaluation
        Women
        Factor analysis
        Multivariate analysis
        Mathematical models of psychology
        Structural frame models
        Individual development
        Maximum likelihood statistics
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          Affect (Psychology)
          Analysis of variance
          Attention
          Bereavement
          Self-evaluation
          Women
          Factor analysis
          Multivariate analysis
          Mathematical models of psychology
          Structural frame models
          Individual development
          Maximum likelihood statistics
      ab: This study examined the mediating impact of positive and negative affect on the relationship between two distinct self-focusing tendencies (i.e., reflection and rumination) and meaning and posttraumatic growth among bereaved women. Supporting the study hypotheses, positive affect mediated the relationship between self-focusing tendencies and both meaning and posttraumatic growth. Reflection and rumination also had indirect effects on meaning through negative affect. The study model accounted for 25% of the variance in positive affect, 31% of the variance in negative affect, 43% of the variance in PTG, and 58% of the variance in meaning. These findings underlined the importance of intellectual self-reflection and positive affect in fostering personal growth and adjustment of bereaved women. Results and implications of the findings are discussed in the light of existing literature on bereavement and self-focusing tendencies.
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