“…This was also evident in elevated PTSD rates among these POWs (see Solomon et al, 1994). These changes have been consistently demonstrated to characterize survivors of trauma (e.g., Kluznik et al, 1986;Solomon, 1993;Sutker, Thomason, & Allain., 1989). We concluded that, in fact, our findings suggest that the imbalance in the trauma literature, which is focused on the negative outcomes of exposure to trauma and neglects the positive consequences, reflecting the state of the present mode of trauma research, instead of some kind of bias.…”