Loss, Grief, and the Search for Significance: Toward a Model of Meaning Reconstruction in Bereavement

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Meaning Reconstruction in the First Two Years of Bereavement: The Role of Sense-Making and Benefit-Finding (2006, background): “…(Park & Folkman, 1997), important distinctions have been drawn between two forms of meaningmaking, namely “sense-making” and “benefit-finding” (Davis & Nolen-Hoeksema, 2001; Davis, Nolen-Hoeksema, & Larson, 1998; Gillies & Neimeyer, 2006; Janoff-Bulman & Frantz, 1997; Neimeyer & Anderson, 2002).”
Making sense of the meaning literature: an integrative review of meaning making and its effects on adjustment to stressful life events. (2010, background): “…and their own lives as worthwhile; and (f) This process, when successful, leads to better adjustment to the stressful event (for reviews, see Collie & Long, 2005; Gillies & Neimeyer, 2006; Greenberg, 1995; Lee, Cohen, Edgar, Laizner, & Gagnon, 2004; O’Connor, 2002; Skaggs & Barron, 2006).”
Assessing meaning and meaning making in the context of stressful life events: Measurement tools and approaches (2013, methodology): “Meaning making is seen as central in recovering from highly stressful experiences such as bereavement, cancer, and traumatic events (see Davis, Wortman, Lehman, & Silver, 2000; Gillies & Neimeyer, 2006; Janoff-Bulman, 1989, 1992).”