Meaning Making in the Aftermath of a Spinal Cord Injury

Abstract

Adverse life events happen every day. The impact of such events can be detrimental and can have a severe effect on an individual’s life. Within this context, the meaning making process and its components have drawn considerable attention. The interest in the understanding of this process is grounded in the aim to support affected individuals, to strengthen and to facilitate what is necessary, and to provide help, if needed. Using the onset of a spinal cord injury (SCI) as a case in point, this chapter will use Park’s meaning-making model to structure current knowledge on the relevance of meaning and meaning making in the adjustment process after SCI onset. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: chapter)