Chien Yu-fen, professor of psychology at National Chengchi University, notes that in addition to their own confidence and personality traits, another key factor in whether people can overcome major setbacks is whether they can find "meaning" in their circumstances.
政大心理系教授錢玉芬指出，人們遭遇重大挫敗時，能否度過難關除了取決於他的信念和性格，還有一個關鍵是：能否在該痛苦中「找到意義」。