S p i r i t ua l i t y S t u d i e s 7 - 2 Fa l l 2 0 2 1 6 1 Mária Dědová 1 Introduction The current coping models suggest that inadequate adaptation following a traumatic experience is a result of a discrepancy between demanding events associated with stress and the meaning-making system. There are two different aspects of the meaning-making process – global and situational (Park 2010 in Currier, Holland and Malott, 231). The global meaning relates to the essential believes (values, goals, and the subjective meaning of a person) – all these functions together bring safety and meaning to life. The situational meaning largely refers to the way a person assesses specific events. The extent of a posttraumatic symptomatology corresponds to the extent in which traumatic events disrupted certain dimensions of the global meaning. A higher level of self-efficacy and dispositional optimism contribute to better acceptance of cancer (Rzonca et al. 2018, 2484). Optimism is more or less related to a flexible use of adaptation strategies of coping with stress in terms of stressor controllability rather than to rigid coping strategy models (Solberg Nes and Segerstrom 2006). The cancer diagnosis associated with patient’s dispositional pessimism and situAbout the authors Doc. PhDr. Mária Dědová, PhD., is an Associate Professor of psychology with special research interests in bullying and aggression at schools as well as logotheory and logotherapy of Victor Emil Frankl. Her email contact is maria.dedova@truni.sk. Mgr. Gabriel Baník, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of psychology at the Institute of Psychology of University of Prešov and researcher specialized in mental health area with particular interest in research of trauma, stress, depression, and anxiety. His email contact is gabriel.banik@unipo.sk.
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