LAURA BLACKIE LAURA.BLACKIE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
Broadening our understanding of adversarial growth: The contribution of narrative methods
E. R. Blackie, Laura; Weststrate, Nic M.; Turner, Kit; Adler, Jonathan M.; McLean, Kate C.
Authors
Nic M. Weststrate
Kit Turner
Jonathan M. Adler
Kate C. McLean
Abstract
After adversity, individuals sometimes report adversarial growth - positive changes in their identity, relationships, and worldviews. We examined how narrative methods enhanced understanding of adversarial growth compared to standard questionnaires. Participants (N = 411) from college and community samples reported on their well-being, wrote a narrative about a highly challenging experience, and answered questionnaires on adversarial growth. Results showed that adversarial growth coded in narratives was positively associated with widely used self-report questionnaires of adversarial growth. Unexpectedly, narrative growth did not predict incremental validity in well-being outcomes compared to standard questionnaires. We found unique expressions of adversarial growth in a qualitative analysis of the narratives. We discuss the added value of using narratives for the assessment of adversarial growth.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 16, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 20, 2023 |
Publication Date | Apr 1, 2023 |
Deposit Date | Feb 24, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 24, 2023 |
Journal | Journal of Research in Personality |
Print ISSN | 0092-6566 |
Electronic ISSN | 1095-7251 |
Publisher | Elsevier BV |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 103 |
Article Number | 104359 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104359 |
Keywords | Adversarial growth; Posttraumatic growth; Narratives; Narrative identity |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/17664735 |
Publisher URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092656623000211#ak005 |
Additional Information | This article is maintained by: Elsevier; Article Title: Broadening our Understanding of Adversarial Growth: The Contribution of Narrative Methods; Journal Title: Journal of Research in Personality; CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104359; Content Type: article; Copyright: © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. Under a Creative Commons license |
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