When are assumptions shaken? A prospective,longitudinal investigation of negative life events and worldviews in a national sample |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, United States;2. Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, United States;1. Yazd University, Iran;2. University of Greenwich, UK;1. Department of Psychology, Kangwon National University, South Korea;2. Institute for Hope Research, Sogang University, South Korea;3. Center for Happiness Studies, Seoul National University, South Korea;4. Department of Psychology, Sogang University, South Korea;5. Department of Psychology, Seoul National University, South Korea;1. Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, United States;2. Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, United States;1. University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009, WA, Australia;2. IZA, Bonn, Germany;3. CESifo, Munich, Germany;4. University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, 6009 Crawley, Australia;1. Department of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;2. The State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
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| Abstract: | Theorists maintain that negative life events (NLE) can alter worldviews, but evidence for this idea has been lacking. We present a model that raises three questions: (1) Do different types of NLE engender different types of worldview change? (2) Do factors that facilitate positive reappraisals of NLE buffer against worldview change? (3) Does change in stability of worldviews occur independent of change in worldview content? These questions were examined in data from a national U.S. sample of adults surveyed prospectively over a three-year period (N = 2138). NLE were reported by 91.6% of the sample. Each question was answered at least in part in the affirmative. Exposure to NLE may affect worldviews and thereby individual well-being and social behavior. |
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| Keywords: | World assumptions Worldviews Meaning Stress Trauma |
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