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A Qualitative Study on the Process Leading to Posttraumatic Growth after Relational Loss

Abstract

The present study aimed to explore the process leading to posttraumatic growth(PTG) after experiencing relational loss. Interviews were implemented for 12 participants showing high scores on PTG, and their responses were analyzed based on ground theory approach. Findings in this study indicated that the process would be summarized as 64 concepts, 34 subcategories, and 9 categories. The author identified ‘occurrence of devastating loss’ as a causal condition, ‘severe pain and maladjustment’ as a contextual condition, ‘self-reflection and meaning making through loss’ as a main phenomenon, ‘meaning reconstruction of loss’ and ‘various activities’ as action/interaction strategies, ‘intrapersonal traits’ and ‘social support’ as intervening conditions, and finally ‘positive changes and growth’ and ‘remained pain’ as results. Participants were assumed to experience three stages(i.e., questioning/resenting, refocusing/ accepting, and new meaning making). Finally, the implications of the current study are discussed.

keywords
관계상실, 역경후 성장, 의미재구성, 근거이론, posttraumatic growth, relational loss, meaning reconstruction, ground theory

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