TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - When are assumptions shaken? A prospective, longitudinal investigation of negative life events and worldviews in a national sample
JO  - Journal of research in personality
A1  - Poulin, Michael J.
A1  - Silver, Roxane Cohen
SP  - e103866
EP  - e103866
VL  - 83
IS  - 
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0092-6566
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2019.103866
ID  - ref1
ER  -