#3553. Staying-at-Home with Tragedy: Self-expansion through Narratives Promotes Positive Coping with Identity Threat

October 2026publication date
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Anthropology;
Linguistics and Language;
Communication;
Developmental and Educational Psychology;
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Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic created a historic opportunity to study the link between identity threat and individuals temporary expansion of the boundaries of the self through stories. The relationship between eudaimonic entertainment processes and self-expansion, particularly feeling moved and self-awareness, was examined. Results showed that key TEBOTS predictions were largely confirmed for boundary expansion and the outcomes of narrative engagement and entertainment gratifications. Although identity threat was negatively associated with positive coping with the pandemic, this relationship turned positive when mediated by boundary expansion. Further, exposure to tragedy raised feelings of being moved,which, in turn, was linked to self-perceptual depth and expanded boundaries of the self.
Keywords:
Boundary Expansion; Eudaimonic Entertainment; Feeling Moved; Identity Threat; Pandemic; Self-Perceptual Depth

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