Redemptive Stories and Those Who Tell Them are Preferred in the U.S
The present studies examined the common, but untested, theoretical assumption that those in the United States prefer negative past experiences, such as trauma, to be redeemed, to be resolved in some positive or growth-promoting fashion. Narratives of six types of traumatic events were rated by U.S a...
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| Language: | English |
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University of California Press
2020-08-01
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| Series: | Collabra: Psychology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.collabra.org/articles/369 |