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- Title
Posttraumatic Growth and Bereavement: The Contribution of Self-Determination Theory.
- Authors
Lumb, Andrew B.; Beaudry, Myriam; Blanchard, Celine
- Abstract
No research drawing from Self-Determination Theory has investigated the bereavement experience of individuals or how motivation can help facilitate posttraumatic growth (PTG) following the death of a loved one. In two cross-sectional studies, university students completed an online survey. Study 1 investigated the contribution of global autonomous and controlled motivation in statistically predicting PTG above and beyond previously researched correlates. Study 2 explored the mediating role of cognitive appraisals and coping in explaining the relationship between global motivation orientations and PTG. Results indicated that in comparison to controlled motivation, autonomous motivation was positively related PTG, even after controlling for previously researched correlates. Mediation results indicated an indirect effect of global autonomous motivation on PTG through task-oriented coping. Collectively, these findings suggest the importance of incorporating motivation into models of PTG. Clinical implications of these findings are also discussed.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; AUTONOMY (Psychology); BEREAVEMENT; COGNITION; COLLEGE students; MOTIVATION (Psychology); QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-management (Psychology); THEORY; INDIVIDUAL development; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, 2017, Vol 75, Issue 4, p311
- ISSN
0030-2228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0030222816652971