When loss is gain: the mediational role of assimilation in holistic thinking and meanings made
Anecdotal and empirical evidence converge on the prevalence of meaning-making in stressful events. Research on the antecedents to meaning-making also revealed the causal role of holistic thinking. Yet, little is known about the exact kind of meaning-making process induced by holistic thinking, and w...
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| author | Liu, Yanru |
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| description | Anecdotal and empirical evidence converge on the prevalence of meaning-making in stressful events. Research on the antecedents to meaning-making also revealed the causal role of holistic thinking. Yet, little is known about the exact kind of meaning-making process induced by holistic thinking, and whether such process leads to meanings made. Assimilation is a meaning-making process whereby the situational meaning of a stressful event is reappraised to integrate into one’s global meaning. The present research hypothesised that in the context of a loss, holistic thinking induces assimilation of the loss, which in turn elicits meanings made from the loss. An experimental-causal-chain design involving two pre-registered studies tested this hypothesis. An image-based story-generation task manipulated holistic thinking, eliciting the choice of puzzle diagrams representing stronger assimilation (Study 1). The same puzzle representation manipulated assimilation, inducing the construction of more meaning-related words (Study 2). Results were unexplained by demographic factors namely age, gender, education level, cultural background, religion (Studies 1-2), and personality traits (Study 2). Findings support the hypothesised causal relations between holistic thinking, assimilation, and meanings made. Theoretical and practical implications, as well as future directions, are discussed. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1755382024-05-05T15:32:07Z When loss is gain: the mediational role of assimilation in holistic thinking and meanings made Liu, Yanru Albert Lee Kai Chung School of Social Sciences AlbertLee@ntu.edu.sg Social Sciences Loss Holistic thinking Assimilation Meanings made Anecdotal and empirical evidence converge on the prevalence of meaning-making in stressful events. Research on the antecedents to meaning-making also revealed the causal role of holistic thinking. Yet, little is known about the exact kind of meaning-making process induced by holistic thinking, and whether such process leads to meanings made. Assimilation is a meaning-making process whereby the situational meaning of a stressful event is reappraised to integrate into one’s global meaning. The present research hypothesised that in the context of a loss, holistic thinking induces assimilation of the loss, which in turn elicits meanings made from the loss. An experimental-causal-chain design involving two pre-registered studies tested this hypothesis. An image-based story-generation task manipulated holistic thinking, eliciting the choice of puzzle diagrams representing stronger assimilation (Study 1). The same puzzle representation manipulated assimilation, inducing the construction of more meaning-related words (Study 2). Results were unexplained by demographic factors namely age, gender, education level, cultural background, religion (Studies 1-2), and personality traits (Study 2). Findings support the hypothesised causal relations between holistic thinking, assimilation, and meanings made. Theoretical and practical implications, as well as future directions, are discussed. Bachelor's degree 2024-04-29T02:49:33Z 2024-04-29T02:49:33Z 2024 Final Year Project (FYP) Liu, Y. (2024). When loss is gain: the mediational role of assimilation in holistic thinking and meanings made. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175538 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175538 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Social Sciences Loss Holistic thinking Assimilation Meanings made Liu, Yanru When loss is gain: the mediational role of assimilation in holistic thinking and meanings made |
| title | When loss is gain: the mediational role of assimilation in holistic thinking and meanings made |
| title_full | When loss is gain: the mediational role of assimilation in holistic thinking and meanings made |
| title_fullStr | When loss is gain: the mediational role of assimilation in holistic thinking and meanings made |
| title_full_unstemmed | When loss is gain: the mediational role of assimilation in holistic thinking and meanings made |
| title_short | When loss is gain: the mediational role of assimilation in holistic thinking and meanings made |
| title_sort | when loss is gain the mediational role of assimilation in holistic thinking and meanings made |
| topic | Social Sciences Loss Holistic thinking Assimilation Meanings made |
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