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Health psychology

a theory that people adjust to threatening events by searching for meaning, regaining mastery and restoring self-esteem, often through positive illusions.

In health psychology, cognitive adaptation theory refers to a theory that people adjust to threatening events by searching for meaning, regaining mastery and restoring self-esteem, often through positive illusions. This meaning comes from Taylor (1983) in American Psychologist.[1]

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References

Taylor, S. E. (1983). Adjustment to threatening events: A theory of cognitive adaptation. American Psychologist, 38(11), 1161-1173. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066x.38.11.1161

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