title: Meaning making after a near-death experience: The relevance of intrapsychic and interpersonal dynamics.
abstract: This study aims to investigate the processes used by individuals to integrate a near-death experience (NDE) and to discuss the use of a meaning-making component to help people who have had such experiences. A psychotherapist interviewed six individuals who reported having had a NDE. Transcripts of the interviews were coded using an interpretative phenomenological analysis. The authors identified intrapsychic and interpersonal dynamics implicated in the individuals' meaning-making processes, and the problems encountered during their integration of the experience. Meaning-based approaches are a feasible theoretical framework for shedding light on the NDE and providing support for people who have lived through them.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology (FISPPA) , University of Padova , Padova , Italy.
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bianco
authors.affiliation: a Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology (FISPPA) , University of Padova , Padova , Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sambin
authors.affiliation: a Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology (FISPPA) , University of Padova , Padova , Italy.|b Cognitive Neuroscience Center , University of Padova , Padova , Italy.
authors.forename: Arianna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palmieri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003643:Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged