The aim of the study was to verify the hypothesis that positive
affective tone of narratives is connected to the experience of
posttraumatic growth among transplant patients. Kidney transplant
patients (N = 51) and liver transplant patients (N = 48) participated in
the study. In the first stage, about 10 weeks after transplant, the
participants told two stories about important, freely chosen events from
their lives. During the second meeting 10-12 months later we measured
posttraumatic growth. Results indicated that the affective tone of
narratives about past events was associated with the level of
post-traumatic growth measured 10-12 months later. This proves that the
affective tone of narratives about life, understood as a relatively
constant individual characteristic, promote posttraumatic growth.
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Dr Mariusz Zięba
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