Optimism, Social Support, and Coping Strategies As Factors Contributing to Posttraumatic Growth: A Meta-Analysis

Prati, Gabriele; Pietrantoni, Luca

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“…A growing body of recent work has suggested that close relationships can support PTG. Relationship quality, self-disclosure, and support seeking were found to be associated with greater PTG (e.g., Hungerbuehler, Vollrath, & Landolt, 2011;Lindstrom, Cann, Calhoun, & Tedeschi, 2013;Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009). Studies have also shown that partner support can serve as a basis for PTG and PTG-related concepts (e.g., meaning finding) in several loss contexts (Canevello, Michels, & Hilaire, 2016), including parental bereavement POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH IN BEREAVED PARENTS 7 (Albuquerque, Pereira, & Narciso, 2016;Polatinsky & Esprey, 2000).…”

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Posttraumatic growth in bereaved parents: A multidimensional model of associated factors.

Albuquerque

Narciso

Pereira

2018

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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Objective: Although the death of a child is a devastating event, recent evidence shows that personal growth is a relevant outcome of parents' grief. This study aimed to examine the factors associated with posttraumatic growth (PTG) and to propose a multidimensional model consisting of sociodemographic, situational, and intrapersonal and interpersonal factors. Method: A sample (N ϭ 197; 89.8% female; mean age ϭ 39.44 years) of bereaved parents completed the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory-Short Form, the 14-Item Resilience Scale, the Continuing Bonds Scale, and the Dyadic Coping Inventory. Results:The final model consisted of sociodemographic, situational, intrapersonal, and interpersonal factors of PTG, which accounted for 36.7% of the variance. Higher levels of PTG were generally associated with female sex, younger age of the child, higher levels of resilience, higher levels of internalized continuing bonds (i.e., internal representation of the child, maintaining psychological proximity), and higher levels of stress communication by the partner (communicating the stress experience and requesting emotional or practical support). Conclusions: In clinical practice, health professionals assisting bereaved parents should pay attention to men and parents of older children, who might be at higher risk of difficulties in developing PTG. Additionally, promoting a more internalized bond with the child, resilience and dyadic coping, especially stress communication, can constitute important therapeutic goals.

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Posttraumatic growth in bereaved parents: A multidimensional model of associated factors.

Albuquerque

Narciso

Pereira

2018

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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“…With the advent of positive psychology (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000), studies focusing on the positive impact of stress and its aftermath have been proliferating (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009). However, focusing on positive aspects of a trauma or stressor while totally ignoring its negative impacts may lead to a serious misrepresentation of post-traumatic adjustment.…”

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Growth Following Trauma: Overview and Current Status

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Park

2013

Ter Psicol

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Growth is commonly reported following all variety of stressful encounters. This phenomenon is receiving proliferating research attention, and much has been learned. In this article, we provide an overview of the current theoretical and empirical knowledge regarding growth. Most of this research concerns self-reported growth, but a small amount of research reviewed here concerns actual growth. In particular, we review theoretical models and empirical evidence of growth and relationships between growth and adjustment. We then address several methodological, cultural, and other important issues in this research area and conclude with directions for future research. Key words: reported growth, actual growth, post-traumatic growth, stress-related growth, adjustment. ResumenEl crecimiento es algo que a menudo informan quienes han padecido sucesos estresantes. Este fenómeno está recibiendo un interés creciente y se ha aprendido ya mucho sobre ello. En este trabajo proporcionamos una revisión del conocimiento teórico y empírico relacionado con el crecimiento. La mayor parte de esta investigación hace referencia a crecimiento auto-informado, aunque una porción de la investigación revisada tiene que ver con crecimiento objetivo. En particular, revisamos modelos teóricos y evidencia empírica de crecimiento y las relaciones entre crecimiento y ajuste. Para finalizar, señalamos varios aspectos importantes metodológicos y culturales, entre otros, en esta área de investigación y concluimos con algunas orientaciones para la investigación futura. Palabras clave: crecimiento informado, crecimiento real, crecimiento postraumático, crecimiento relacionado con el estrés, ajuste.

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“…Helgeson, Reynolds, & Tomich, 2006; Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009). There is no consensus regarding whether PTG represents an outcome of dealing with traumatic events (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004), is an active coping strategy (Tennen & Affleck, 2002) or serves even as a positive illusion (Maercker & Zoellner, 2004).…”

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Social support and posttraumatic growth in a longitudinal study of people living with HIV: the mediating role of positive affect

Rzeszutek

2017

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: Psychological research in people living with HIV (PLWH) has been dominated by studies on the negative consequences of HIV infection. However, recently, positive changes following the diagnosis of HIV have been examined, namely the phenomenon of posttraumatic growth (PTG). Objectives: The aim of this one-year longitudinal study was to investigate the level of PTG and its relationship with social support dimensions (perceived support, need for support, actually received support) and positive and negative affect among PLWH. Specifically, this study explored the mediating role of positive and negative affect in the link between social support and PTG. Method: Participants filled out the following psychometric tools: Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), Berlin Social Support Scales (BSSS) and Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS-X). Three assessments were performed. Altogether, 129 patients were recruited for the first assessment, 106 patients participated in the second assessment and 82 participants (63.6%) out of the initial sample of 129 participated in all three assessments. Results: The positive relationship between all examined social support dimensions and PTG was entirely mediated by positive affect. There was no association between negative affect and PTG. Selected socio-medical covariates (sex, employment, higher education, being in a stable relationship and HIV/AIDS status) were related to social support and PTG among participants. Conclusions: This study points to the need for more research on positive aspects of HIV/AIDS, notably PTG. More specifically, interventions focused on enhancement and sustainment of positive affect among PLWH should be an adjunct to traditional mental health screening among this patient group.

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Optimism, Social Support, and Coping Strategies As Factors Contributing to Posttraumatic Growth: A Meta-Analysis

Cited by 810 publications

References 111 publications

Posttraumatic growth in bereaved parents: A multidimensional model of associated factors.

Posttraumatic growth in bereaved parents: A multidimensional model of associated factors.

Growth Following Trauma: Overview and Current Status

Social support and posttraumatic growth in a longitudinal study of people living with HIV: the mediating role of positive affect

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