Post-traumatic growth in the twenty-first century: how current trends may threaten our ability to grow after trauma

Dickinson, Samuel

doi:10.1080/17439760.2020.1752782

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“…Posttraumatic growth has been defined in the field of Positive Psychology as the experience of positive changes that follows highly challenging life crises (e.g., life-threatening diseases, Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004 ), which also includes the human capacity for resilience (e.g., “the ability to maintain a stable equilibrium”; Bonanno, 2004 , p. 20) and the use by individuals of aversive events as a springboard for further growth and development (Bonanno, 2004 ). It is manifested by increased appreciation of life and sense of personal strength, changed priorities, a richer existential and spiritual life, and more meaningful interpersonal relationships, which result in greater subjective wellbeing (e.g., Arpawong et al, 2016 ; Dickinson, 2020 ; Ryff & Singer, 2008 ). In addition to the intrapersonal benefits of posttraumatic growth, other studies have demonstrated prosocial behaviors following trauma as a form of posttraumatic growth (e.g., Frazier et al, 2013 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition to the intrapersonal benefits of posttraumatic growth, other studies have demonstrated prosocial behaviors following trauma as a form of posttraumatic growth (e.g., Frazier et al, 2013 ). From this viewpoint, in a situation characterized by increased depression and isolation, it is extremely important to adopt a strength-based approach in the context of emergencies and traumatic experience, in order to nurture individuals’ capacity to grow from adversity (Dickinson, 2020 ).…”

Section: Sharing Emotions Onlinementioning

confidence: 99%

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How Communication Technology Fosters Individual and Social Wellbeing During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Support For a Digital Interaction Model

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The aim of the present study was to test an explanatory model for individual and social wellbeing which incorporates the advantages of using digital technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was carried out in Italy, one of the countries that has been most severely affected by the pandemic worldwide. The study was designed to include variables that might be specifically pertinent to the uniqueness of the restrictions imposed by the pandemic. Adults living in Italy (n = 1412) completed an online survey during the lockdown period in March 2020. Results showed two distinct digital interaction processes highlighted by the facilitating use of online emotions (“e-motions”) and online social support (“e-support”). In short, e-motions were positively related to posttraumatic growth, which in turn was positively associated with positive mental health and higher engagement in prosocial behaviors. Moreover, individuals who perceived themselves as having greater e-support were characterized by higher levels of positive mental health, which it turn was positively associated with prosocial behaviors. Collectively, these two digital interaction processes suggest that digital technologies appear to be critical resources in helping individuals cope with difficulties raised by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Section: Sharing Emotions Onlinementioning

confidence: 99%

How Communication Technology Fosters Individual and Social Wellbeing During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Support For a Digital Interaction Model

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“…Posttraumatic growth has been defined in the field of Positive Psychology as the experience of positive changes that follows highly challenging life crises (e.g., life-threatening diseases, Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004), which also includes the human capacity for resilience (e.g., "the ability to maintain a stable equilibrium"; Bonanno, 2004, p. 20) and the use by individuals of aversive events as a springboard for further growth and development (Bonanno, 2004). It is manifested by increased appreciation of life and sense of personal strength, changed priorities, a richer existential and spiritual life, and more meaningful interpersonal relationships, which result in greater subjective wellbeing (e.g., Arpawong et al, 2016;Dickinson, 2020;Ryff and Singer 2008). In addition to the intrapersonal benefits of posttraumatic growth, other studies have demonstrated prosocial behaviors following trauma as a form of post-traumatic growth (e.g., Frazier et al, 2013).…”

Section: Sharing Emotions Onlinementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition to the intrapersonal benefits of posttraumatic growth, other studies have demonstrated prosocial behaviors following trauma as a form of post-traumatic growth (e.g., Frazier et al, 2013). From this viewpoint, in a situation characterized by increased depression and isolation, it is extremely important to adopt a strength-based approach in the context of emergencies and traumatic experience, in order to nurture individuals' capacity to grow from adversity (Dickinson, 2020).…”

Section: Sharing Emotions Onlinementioning

confidence: 99%

How communication technology fosters individual and social wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Preliminary support for a digital interaction model

Canale¹,

Marino²,

Lenzi³

et al. 2020

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The present study preliminary tested the compensatory social interaction model for individuals experiencing the Covid-19 pandemic. This original model comprises two distinct processes: expression of online emotions leads to post-traumatic growth, which can favor positive mental health and prosocial behaviors; and receiving online social support leads to increases in positive mental health, which can also favor prosocial behaviors. Adults living in Italy (n=1412) completed an online survey during the lockdown period in March 2020. Results showed that being more involved in expression of online emotions was associated with higher post-traumatic growth that in turn was associated with prosocial behaviors. Moreover, participants who perceived higher online social support were more likely to report higher positive mental health that in turn was associated with prosocial behaviors. Collectively, these two social interaction processes suggest that communication technologies appear to be critical resources in helping individuals cope with difficulties raised by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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“…"We have a duty to trumpet the reality of post-traumatic growth, not only to those who have experienced PTSD or are likely to, but to society as a whole, so that when tragedy does strike we are prepared to receive its victims with a supportive and knowledgeable embrace; informed by science, warmed by compassion" Samuel Dickinson, Weill Cornell Medical College. 2020 [126].…”

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Catalyst Twenty-Twenty: Post-Traumatic Growth at Scales of Person, Place and Planet

Logan¹,

Berman

Scott

et al. 2021

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Planetary health is a broad multidisciplinary effort that attempts to address what has been described as “Anthropocene Syndrome”—the wicked, interrelated challenges of our time. These include, but are not limited to, grotesque biodiversity losses, climate change, environmental degradation, resource depletion, the global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), health inequalities, social injustices, erosion of wisdom and civility, together with the many structural underpinnings of these grand challenges. The ultimate aim of planetary health is flourishing along every link in the person, place and planet continuum. The events of “2020” have illuminated the consequences of “mass trauma” and how sub-threshold anxiety and/or depressive symptoms erase the rigid lines between mental “health” and mental “disorders”, and unmasked the systemic forms of injustice, discrimination, and oppression that have too often escaped discourse. Here, we query the ways in which post-traumatic growth research might inform the larger planetary health community, especially in the context of a global pandemic, broadening socioeconomic inequalities, a worsening climate crisis, and the rise of political authoritarianism. The available research would suggest that “2020” fulfills the trauma criteria of having a “seismic impact on the assumptive world”, and as such, provides fertile ground for post-traumatic growth. Among the many potential positive changes that might occur in response to trauma, we focus on the value of new awareness, perspective and greater wisdom.

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Post-traumatic growth in the twenty-first century: how current trends may threaten our ability to grow after trauma

Cited by 17 publications

References 35 publications

How Communication Technology Fosters Individual and Social Wellbeing During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Support For a Digital Interaction Model

How Communication Technology Fosters Individual and Social Wellbeing During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Support For a Digital Interaction Model

How communication technology fosters individual and social wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Preliminary support for a digital interaction model

Catalyst Twenty-Twenty: Post-Traumatic Growth at Scales of Person, Place and Planet

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