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Optimism, Hope, and Well-being Quality of life (healthcare)

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Narrative meaning making and integration: Toward a better understanding of the way falling ill influences quality of life

Iris D. Hartog, Michael Scherer‐Rath, Renske Kruizinga, Justine E. Netjes, José P.S. Henriques, Pythia T. Nieuwkerk, et al.
Journal of Health Psychology Summary & key facts 2017 68 citations

This article offers a new humanities-based theory about how falling seriously ill can affect a person’s quality of life. The authors combine ideas about contingency (the feeling that life could have been different), narrative identity (how people make life stories), and quality of life to explain how people make meaning…

Identity, Memory, and Therapy Optimism, Hope, and Well-being Resilience and Mental Health
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