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Collecting Away Their Suffering: Meaningful Hobbies and the Processing of Traumatic Experience

Feller, Ray
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1317735299

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2011, Psy. D., Antioch University, Antioch New England: Clinical Psychology.
This study examined the relationship between trauma and meaningful hobbies. I combined the scholarship on collecting with the broader research on leisure, coping, and posttraumatic growth to explore how meaningful collections may have helped victims metabolize their traumatic experiences. I interviewed self-selected trauma survivors who felt that they had a collection that was related to a traumatic experience. Through qualitative interviews and interpretative phenomenological analysis, I explored collectors’ experiences with trauma and hobbies. The purpose of this study is to better understand the retrospective connections people make between their chosen hobbies and the trauma they have experienced. This study could potentially have implications for treating survivors of trauma.
James Fauth, PhD (Committee Chair)
Lorraine Mangione, PhD (Committee Member)
David Junno, PsyD (Committee Member)
92 p.
Clinical Psychology; Mental Health
collecting; trauma; leisure; posttraumatic growth; resilience; hobbies

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  • Feller, R. (2011). Collecting Away Their Suffering: Meaningful Hobbies and the Processing of Traumatic Experience [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1317735299

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Feller, Ray. Collecting Away Their Suffering: Meaningful Hobbies and the Processing of Traumatic Experience. 2011. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1317735299.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Feller, Ray. "Collecting Away Their Suffering: Meaningful Hobbies and the Processing of Traumatic Experience." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1317735299

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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