Nadzieja i ton afektywny narracji a wzrost potraumatyczny osób, które utraciły sprawność ruchową / Hope and the affective tone of narratives as correlates of posttraumatic growth in people who have lost motor ability

Mariusz Zięba

Abstract

In the article we present data collected from 50 people who lost their functional ability in accidents. Analyses of narrative interviews conducted with the accident victims suggest, that a positive affective tone of the narratives about the accident itself and the accident's influence on later life is connected to higher levels of posttraumatic growth. Other factors facilitating the experience of posttraumatic growth were hope and basic trust, as well as theme of agency present in the narratives. Keywords: narratives, hope, posttraumatic growth