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Identitatea și adaptarea la traumă, o explorare narativă: diferențe și similarități de adaptare între persoanele cu și fără dizabilități
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Identity and Adaptation to Trauma: A Narrative Exploration of Differences and Similarities in Adaptation Between Individuals With and Without Disabilities
Abstract: The present study explores how traumatic experiences and existential trials influence the dynamics of narrative identity and processes of psychological adaptation, comparing individuals with and without locomotor disabilities. The research used a mixed, quantitative–qualitative, non-experimental design. The sample included forty-four participants (twenty-one individuals with disabilities, twenty-one without disabilities, with two participants excluded due to unusable responses), who were evaluated using the narrative interview Life as a Film (Canter & Youngs, 2015). The data were coded based on the narrative variables proposed by Adler et al. (2017) and analyzed statistically. The analyses showed that there are no significant quantitative differences between the groups regarding fundamental narrative themes, except for the communion dimension, where individuals with disabilities obtained higher scores. A second direction of the study focused on assessing how the intensity of existential trials determines changes in certain narrative themes/variables relevant to identity and adaptation, independent of the presence of disability. The results support the usefulness of narrative approaches in understanding the dynamics of personality and identity and may contribute to the development of lines of investigation, dialogue, and intervention oriented toward identity integration.
Keywords: traumatic experiences, disability, existential trials, narrative interview, identity reconstruction.
Citation suggestion: Mihiț, David Mihai, and Mugur Ciumăgeanu. “Identitatea și adaptarea la traumă, o explorare narativă: diferențe și similarități de adaptare între persoanele cu și fără dizabilități.” Transilvania, no. 1-2 (2026): 25-39.
https://doi.org/10.51391/trva.2026.1-2.03.
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