Navigating Life Transitions for Meaning

Elizabeth Altmaier, PhD, is Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations, College of Education, University of Iowa. Professor Altmaier’s research interests concern adjustment to and coping with challenging events and circumstances; her publications focus on cancer and its treatment, interpersonal offenses, and chronic illnesses. She is the author of the forthcoming book, Push back the dark: Companioning adults sexually abused as children (Wipf and Stock). Professor Altmaier is Fellow of the American Psychological Association. She is an active community volunteer, including serving as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Leaders, Believers and Achievers organization for at risk youth in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

1. Meaning in Life Amidst Life Transitions 2. Navigating the Teenage Years: What Do We Know About How Adolescents Find Meaning and Purpose? 3. Men’s Transitions in Late Life: Exploring the Influence of Male Norms 4. Transitions and Transcendence: Transgender Individuals’ Identity Negotiations and Meaning Construction in Context 5. Meaning Making in Bereavement Transitions: Review and Clinical Relevance 6. Transitions in an Uncertain Labor Market: Implications for Meaningful Work 7. Meaning Making and Chronic Illness: Understanding through Narratives 8. Resilience Trajectories of Cancer Survivors: A Meaning-Making Perspective 9. At the Heart of Meaning Making: An Acceptance and Commitment Approach to Developing Adaptive Meaning Following Acute Cardiac Events 10. Finding and Creating Meaning in Life During Reversals and Revisions