Light in COVID's darkness: holistic thinking, meaning-making and gratitude during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted distress and uncertainty to people all over the world. The current study explores the impact of holistic thinking on meaning-making and gratitude among American participants, in the context of the COVID-19 suffering. From past work, we understand that meaning-maki...
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| author | Cheng, Cheryl Mei Yen |
| author2 | Albert Lee Kai Chung |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted distress and uncertainty to people all over the world. The current study explores the impact of holistic thinking on meaning-making and gratitude among American participants, in the context of the COVID-19 suffering. From past work, we understand that meaning-making and gratitude buffer against life stressors. However, little to no research has established direct links between holistic thinking, meaning-making and gratitude. As such, it was hypothesised that – (1) holistic thinking increases one’s tendency to make meaning, (2) meaning-making tendencies predict increased gratitude, (3) holistic thinking increases one’s sense of gratitude, and (4) meaning-making mediates the relationship between holistic thinking and gratitude. The results showed that holistic thinking increased meaning-making behavioural selections, which in turn increased people’s sense of gratitude. However, contrary to the hypotheses, these relationships were not significant when meaning-making was measured by a self-report scale, Meaning-Making in Negative Experiences. The paper discusses the implications of the relationship between holistic thinking, meaning-making, and gratitude in the context of the pandemic, and how the findings can help tide people through difficult times. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1592162023-03-05T15:43:08Z Light in COVID's darkness: holistic thinking, meaning-making and gratitude during the COVID-19 pandemic Cheng, Cheryl Mei Yen Albert Lee Kai Chung School of Social Sciences AlbertLee@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences::Psychology::Experimental psychology Social sciences::Psychology::Behaviorism The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted distress and uncertainty to people all over the world. The current study explores the impact of holistic thinking on meaning-making and gratitude among American participants, in the context of the COVID-19 suffering. From past work, we understand that meaning-making and gratitude buffer against life stressors. However, little to no research has established direct links between holistic thinking, meaning-making and gratitude. As such, it was hypothesised that – (1) holistic thinking increases one’s tendency to make meaning, (2) meaning-making tendencies predict increased gratitude, (3) holistic thinking increases one’s sense of gratitude, and (4) meaning-making mediates the relationship between holistic thinking and gratitude. The results showed that holistic thinking increased meaning-making behavioural selections, which in turn increased people’s sense of gratitude. However, contrary to the hypotheses, these relationships were not significant when meaning-making was measured by a self-report scale, Meaning-Making in Negative Experiences. The paper discusses the implications of the relationship between holistic thinking, meaning-making, and gratitude in the context of the pandemic, and how the findings can help tide people through difficult times. Bachelor of Social Sciences in Psychology 2022-06-11T12:20:26Z 2022-06-11T12:20:26Z 2022 Final Year Project (FYP) Cheng, C. M. Y. (2022). Light in COVID's darkness: holistic thinking, meaning-making and gratitude during the COVID-19 pandemic. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159216 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159216 en PSY-IRB-2021-041 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Psychology::Experimental psychology Social sciences::Psychology::Behaviorism Cheng, Cheryl Mei Yen Light in COVID's darkness: holistic thinking, meaning-making and gratitude during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title | Light in COVID's darkness: holistic thinking, meaning-making and gratitude during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Light in COVID's darkness: holistic thinking, meaning-making and gratitude during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Light in COVID's darkness: holistic thinking, meaning-making and gratitude during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Light in COVID's darkness: holistic thinking, meaning-making and gratitude during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Light in COVID's darkness: holistic thinking, meaning-making and gratitude during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | light in covid s darkness holistic thinking meaning making and gratitude during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | Social sciences::Psychology::Experimental psychology Social sciences::Psychology::Behaviorism |
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