Navigating Life Transitions for Meaning

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-12-818849-1
Verlag: ACADEMIC PR INC

Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 3298 g

Navigating Life Transitions for Meaning explores the central human motivation of meaning making, and its counterpart, meaning disruption. The book describes different types of specific transitions, details how specific transitions affect an individual differently, and provides appropriate clinical approaches. The book examines the effects of life transitions on the component parts of meaning in life, including making sense (coherence), driving life goals (purpose), significance (mattering), and continuity. The book covers a range of transitions, including developmental (e.g., adolescence to adulthood), personal (e.g., illness onset, becoming a parent, and bereavement), and career (e.g., military deployment, downshifting, and retiring).

Life transitions are experienced by all persons, and the influence of those transitions are tremendous. It is essential for clinicians to understand how transitions can disrupt life and how to help clients successfully navigate these changes.

Zielgruppe

Those in psychology, social work, counselling, and nursing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Altmaier, Elizabeth M.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Experimentelle Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Meaning in Life Amidst Life Transitions 2. Navigating the Teenage Years: What Do We Know About How Adolescents Find Meaning and Purpose? 3. Men's Transitions in Late Life: Exploring the Influence of Male Norms 4. Transitions and Transcendence: Transgender Individuals' Identity Negotiations and Meaning Construction in Context 5. Meaning Making in Bereavement Transitions: Review and Clinical Relevance 6. Transitions in an Uncertain Labor Market: Implications for Meaningful Work 7. Meaning Making and Chronic Illness: Understanding through Narratives 8. Resilience Trajectories of Cancer Survivors: A Meaning-Making Perspective 9. At the Heart of Meaning Making: An Acceptance and Commitment Approach to Developing Adaptive Meaning Following Acute Cardiac Events 10. Finding and Creating Meaning in Life During Reversals and Revisions

Über Autor(innen)

Altmaier, Elizabeth M.
Elizabeth Altmaier, PhD, is Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations, College of Education, University of Iowa. Professor Altmaier's research interests concern adjustment to and coping with challenging events and circumstances; her publications focus on cancer and its treatment, interpersonal offenses, and chronic illnesses. She is the author of the forthcoming book, Push back the dark: Companioning adults sexually abused as children (Wipf and Stock). Professor Altmaier is Fellow of the American Psychological Association. She is an active community volunteer, including serving as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Leaders, Believers and Achievers organization for at risk youth in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.