Transformational Processing of Negative Events: An Experimental Manipulation

dc.contributor.advisor	Lilgendahl, Jennifer
dc.contributor.author	Tan, Joseph
dc.date.accessioned	2012-07-11T19:18:33Z
dc.date.available	2012-07-11T19:18:33Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.description.abstract	Transformational processing has been defined by past narrative identity research on negative event processing as a distinctive combination of the processes of exploration and resolution. The current study aimed to test the effect of transformational processing of negative events on well-being. Through an expressive writing framework, subjects processed a negative event through three days of writing either in a transformational manner (composed of both exploration and resolution), through exploration only, or through resolution only. Results showed no significant effects on well-being, but also showed that the transformational narratives had patterns of growth and positive emotion words over the course of the three writing days that were distinct from the patterns in the other writing conditions.
dc.description.sponsorship	Haverford College. Department of Psychology
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10066/8592
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.rights.access	Haverford users only
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/
dc.subject.lcsh	Identity (Psychology)
dc.subject.lcsh	Life change events -- Psychological aspects
dc.subject.lcsh	Narration (Rhetoric) -- Psychological aspects
dc.title	Transformational Processing of Negative Events: An Experimental Manipulation
dc.type	Thesis

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