Post Traumatic Growth Essay

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Posttraumatic growth, as defined by Calhoun and Tedeschi (1999, p. 11), is the “positive change that the individual experiences as a result of the struggle with a traumatic event.” It is a process by which an individual who experience significantly stressful events utilize individual characteristics, support, disclosure and more significantly, cognitive processing of cognitive structures to neutralize the traumatic event to achieve growth (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004). In a study by Duan, Guo and Gan (2015) it has been stated that life threatening events cause PTG such that positive changes in behavior and transcendences from traumatic experiences are manifested in PTG. Furthermore, they pointed out that predictors of health-related outcomes, such as PTG, in the context of traumas include personalities, traits, and qualities. Accordingly, individuals with stronger positive traits are able to fully utilize their internal and external resources to overcome their adversities in life. In developing a scale for posttraumatic growth, Tedeschi and Calhoun (1996), found five factors through which PTG can be measured. These factors include: relating to others, finding new possibilities personal strength, gaining spiritual change, and having appreciation of life In the study by Janoff-Bulman (2004), a tri-model for posttraumatic …show more content…

In the study of Ullman (2014), posttraumatic growth was explored, following traumatic events, specifically child sexual abuse, assault-related factors and post-assault responses across different cultures. It was found that assault characteristics were weak predictors of PTG. On the other hand, positive social reactions from others predicted greater PTG. They suggested that modified social psychological factors should be facilitated when treating victims of traumatic

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