Posttraumatic Growth Among Holocaust Child Survivors

Lev–Wiesel, Rachel; Amir, Marianne

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“…Social support for traumatized individuals, particularly from other individuals who have experienced similar traumatic events, is a key concept in PTG development, and there is clear evidence that it helps mitigate the negative effects of traumatic events (Andrews, Brewin, & Rose, 2003). In line with these findings, social support has been shown to be related to PTG among cancer patients (Schroevers, Helgeson, Sanderman, & Ranchor, 2010) and among child survivors of World War II (Lev-Wiesel & Amir, 2003). The results reported here highlight another aspect of social support: communal support.…”

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Posttraumatic growth and recovery from addiction

Haroosh

Freedman

2017

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: It is well documented that individuals coping with adverse events report both negative outcomes, such as posttraumatic stress symptoms, as well as positive changes, described as posttraumatic growth. Positive changes are also reported in people who have recovered from substance abuse. It seems plausible from the literature that both of these types of positive changes have elements in common. To date, no published studies have examined positive outcomes among people who have recovered from addiction. Objectives: In this study, posttraumatic growth in individuals who were formerly addicted to alcohol or substances, termed ‘addiction-related growth,’ was examined. Addiction-related growth refers to the growth that an individual undergoes as a result of the addiction itself, and the recovery from the addiction. A successful recovery from addiction is associated with positive changes, particularly regarding spirituality and meaning-making, and the construct of addiction-related growth may explain why. Method: This cross-sectional study examined growth among 104 individuals who had recovered from addiction who were recruited from addiction treatment programmes, between February and July 2012. Questionnaires assessed demographics and substance abuse use and treatment, posttraumatic growth (PTGI); social support (Perceived Social Support Questionnaire); and help-seeking (Willingness to Seek Help Scale). Data was analysed using an analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson correlations, and multiple regression. Results: Results indicated that addiction-related growth is a phenomenon that accurately captures the positive changes experienced as a result of an individual’s struggle with addiction and recovery. This growth was found to be associated with participation in 12-steps programmes, and to be predicted by levels of perceived social support. Conclusions: The results show that recovery from addiction is associated with addiction-related growth. These positive changes, along with the importance of communal social support, resemble the changes that take place as a result of processes described in 12-steps programmes.

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confidence: 55%

Posttraumatic growth and recovery from addiction

Haroosh

Freedman

2017

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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“…However, other studies have yielded mixed support for this relationship [7,13,27,28], while a third group of studies have failed to find a significant relationship between measures of adjustment and growth [15,17,29,30]. Clearly, additional efforts are needed to clarify the relationship between growth outcomes and measures of adjustment.…”

Section: Posttraumatic Growth; Perceived Benefits; Posttraumatic Strementioning

confidence: 99%

“…After narrowing growth outcomes studies to those using events likely to meet DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for a traumatic stressor [7,11,13,23,24,28,32], and to those that included measures of psychopathology [11,13,23,24,30], few studies remain. Far fewer studies remain using the PTGI or a measure of growth than can be compared across samples [28,30].…”

Section: Posttraumatic Growth; Perceived Benefits; Posttraumatic Strementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Far fewer studies remain using the PTGI or a measure of growth than can be compared across samples [28,30]. Because of the frequency with which treatment-seeking trauma victims present with symptoms of PTSD and depression, the relationship between these disorders and growth outcomes is of interest to clinicians and warrants research attention.…”

Section: Posttraumatic Growth; Perceived Benefits; Posttraumatic Strementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, a number of studies have used events that do not necessarily meet DSM-IV [1] diagnostic criteria for a traumatic stressor (e.g., [14,15,17,18,21,29]). This is an important conceptual distinction because medical stressors or bereavement may be qualitatively different than the experience of a traumatic stressor such as a sexual or physical assault.After narrowing growth outcomes studies to those using events likely to meet DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for a traumatic stressor [7,11,13,23,24,28,32], and to those that included measures of psychopathology [11,13,23,24,30], few studies remain. Far fewer studies remain using the PTGI or a measure of growth than can be compared across samples [28,30].…”

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Posttraumatic Growth in Treatment-seeking Female Assault Victims

Grubaugh

Resick

2007

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The importance of measuring growth outcomes following a traumatic event has been highlighted in recent literature. Although reports of growth are abundant, the relationship between growth outcomes and post-trauma distress remains unclear, with studies yielding conflicting results regarding this relationship. The purpose of the present study was to explore the interrelationships among growth outcomes and measures of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among 100 female treatment-seeking physical and sexual assault victims. Although the majority of women reported some degree of growth in this study, and growth scores were comparable to those from other samples, measures of depression and PTSD were not significantly related to growth scores. The implication of these findings and future direction for research are discussed. Keywords Posttraumatic growth; Perceived benefits; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); TraumaThere is little doubt that trauma exposure and the associated clinical syndrome of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affect a significant number of individuals [1,2], are associated with extensive psychiatric comorbidity [2,3], and are linked with impairment across a number of psychosocial domains [4]. Despite this considerable body of research, the concept of posttraumatic growth, or the possibility that an individual can "grow" psychologically from an adverse life event, has gained increased attention in the past few years [5]. Although the term used to describe posttraumatic growth has varied across studies (e.g., "perceived benefits," "positive psychological changes," "stress-related growth") [6][7][8][9], the conceptual aim of measuring growth outcomes typically has been to assess whether individuals can in some way move beyond a premorbid level of functioning following a traumatic event [10]. Thus, within the posttraumatic growth framework, an adverse experience is viewed as a potential catalyst for positive psychological and interpersonal change.Studies examining a variety of adverse experiences such as disasters [11] Although reports of growth are common, the relationship between growth outcomes and psychological adjustment is unclear. It seems plausible that the ability to derive growth from a traumatic event could serve to ameliorate the negative psychological effects of the trauma.In support of this view, researchers examining a wide range of stressors have documented an inverse relationship between a number of growth domains and measures of adjustment [11,14,18,[21][22][23][24][25][26]. However, other studies have yielded mixed support for this relationship [7,13,27,28], while a third group of studies have failed to find a significant relationship between measures of adjustment and growth [15,17,29,30]. Clearly, additional efforts are needed to clarify the relationship between growth outcomes and measures of adjustment.The use of study-specific growth outcomes likely has complicated the effort to examine how psychological growth relates to symptom severity. That is,...

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Posttraumatic Growth and Immigration: Theory, Research, and Practice Implications

Weiss¹,

Berger²

2008

Trauma, Recovery, and Growth

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Posttraumatic Growth Among Holocaust Child Survivors

Cited by 135 publications

References 25 publications

Posttraumatic growth and recovery from addiction

Posttraumatic growth and recovery from addiction

Posttraumatic Growth in Treatment-seeking Female Assault Victims

Posttraumatic Growth and Immigration: Theory, Research, and Practice Implications

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