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- Title
The affective tone of narration and posttraumatic growth in organ transplant recipients.
- Authors
Zięba, Mariusz; Zatorski, Mateusz; Boczkowska, Marta; Gozdowska, Jolanta; Kieszek, Rafał; Laskowski, Wojciech
- Abstract
The aim of the study was to verify the hypothesis that positive affective tone of narratives is connected to the experience of posttraumatic growth among transplant patients. Kidney transplant patients (N = 51) and liver transplant patients (N = 48) participated in the study. In the first stage, about 10 weeks after transplant, the participants told two stories about important, freely chosen events from their lives. During the second meeting 10-12 months later we measured posttraumatic growth. Results indicated that the affective tone of narratives about past events was associated with the level of post-traumatic growth measured 10-12 months later. This proves that the affective tone of narratives about life, understood as a relatively constant individual characteristic, promote posttraumatic growth.
- Subjects
POSTTRAUMATIC growth; TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.; KIDNEY transplantation; LIFE; NARRATION; PATIENTS
- Publication
Polish Psychological Bulletin, 2015, Vol 46, Issue 3, p376
- ISSN
0079-2993
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/ppb-2015-0044