Psychosocial interventions and posttraumatic growth: A meta-analysis.

Roepke, Ann Marie

doi:10.1037/a0036872

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“…Supporting the hypothesis that treatment directly increases PBMI, results of a recent meta-analysis showed that a number of psychosocial interventions lead to modest but reliable increases in posttraumatic growth (Roepke, 2015). Randomized controlled trials included in this meta-analysis, however, only assessed growth related to adverse events that did not include the experience of psychological disorders.…”

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Positive beliefs about mental illness: Associations with sex, age, diagnosis, and clinical outcomes

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Pearl

Cheung

et al. 2016

Journal of Affective Disorders

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Positive beliefs about mental illness: Associations with sex, age, diagnosis, and clinical outcomes

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Pearl

Cheung

et al. 2016

Journal of Affective Disorders

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“…This needs to be done with care as making survivors feel like PTG is expected can result in negativity . Interventions to facilitate PTG have been developed, but few have been tested in cancer survivors, and it is unclear whether or how interventions need to be modified for different groups. Indirect routes to encourage PTG may bring benefits, such as finding ways to increase social support (eg, through cancer buddy schemes), or adaption of existing interventions to reduce social isolation .…”

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Posttraumatic growth in head and neck cancer survivors: Is it possible and what are the correlates?

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“…reduced levels of psychological distress, but not always" (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004, p. 13). More recently, Roepke (2015) concluded that "more research is needed to uncover the relationship between growth and distress during intervention programs" (p. 139).…”

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“…However, wider evidence suggests that “experiencing higher levels of posttraumatic growth is correlated with, and perhaps may result in, reduced levels of psychological distress, but not always” (Tedeschi & Calhoun, , p. 13). More recently, Roepke () concluded that “more research is needed to uncover the relationship between growth and distress during intervention programs” (p. 139).…”

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Promoting posttraumatic growth among the refugee population in Spain: A community‐based pilot intervention

Paloma

Morena

López-Torres³

2019

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Various international organisations have identified the development of programmes that mitigate the negative impact that forced displacement has on refugees’ mental health as a priority intervention area. From this perspective, this study seeks to lend empirical support to a community‐based pilot intervention aimed at promoting posttraumatic growth (PTG) among refugee adults arrived to Seville, the capital of Andalucía (southern Spain). PTG constitutes a mental health indicator that refers to the positive personal transformations refugees undergo as a consequence of experiencing forced displacement. This concept does not negate the undeniable personal suffering forced displacement causes for refugees; rather, it focuses on the positive changes this event has the potential to bring about. Forty‐seven individuals (age, M = 33 years; 20 women) from several countries in conflict participated in the intervention over 15 weeks (March–June 2017). The implementation process comprised two phases: (a) training a group of settled refugees to become peer mentors; and (b) holding cultural peer‐support group sessions made up of newly arrived refugees led by the mentors. Following quantitative and qualitative data collection (using the ‘Posttraumatic Growth Inventory’ (PTGI; Tedeschi & Calhoun, Journal of Traumatic Stress, 1996, 9, 455) and participants’ written evaluations and comments, respectively), and adopting a pretest‐posttest evaluation design, significant improvements were found in four of the five PTG factors: ‘appreciation of life’, ‘personal strength’, ‘relating to others’ and ‘new possibilities’. However, no significant differences were observed for ‘spiritual change’. We also documented implementation outcomes which revealed high intervention acceptability, appropriateness and feasibility. This study highlights how PTG shown by the refugee population can be actively improved through a community‐based intervention, specifically by creating supportive community settings that adopt a mentorship and peer‐based approach. The limitations and contributions of this research that address the current challenges behind promoting the mental health of refugees in places of settlement are discussed.

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Psychosocial interventions and posttraumatic growth: A meta-analysis.

Abstract: Overall, these estimates may be unreliable due to the small number of eligible studies and the varied types of interventions tested, but they suggest that active intervention can help people make the most of adversity.

Cited by 140 publications

References 104 publications

Positive beliefs about mental illness: Associations with sex, age, diagnosis, and clinical outcomes

Positive beliefs about mental illness: Associations with sex, age, diagnosis, and clinical outcomes

Posttraumatic growth in head and neck cancer survivors: Is it possible and what are the correlates?

Promoting posttraumatic growth among the refugee population in Spain: A community‐based pilot intervention

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