The Exploration of Structural Model between the Disruption of Core Belief, Coping, Resilience, and Posttraumatic Growth

Is Posttraumatic Growth Helpful in Overcoming Mental Health Disorders Due to COVID-19?: The Moderating Effect of Posttraumatic Growth in the Relationship Between COVID-19 and Psychological Health

“…According to the PTG model recently established by Tedeschi and Calhoun ( Tedeschi et al, 2018 ), trauma dismantles one’s basic assumptions of the world and causes suffering, but it eventually serves as an “engine” of growth ( Choi, 2014 ; Triplett et al, 2012 ; Eom and Cho, 2016 ). Individuals engage in automatic and intrusive rumination immediately after suffering from trauma, but at some point after the traumatic episode, they re-evaluate the meaning of adversity and begin to introspect, looking back ( Taku et al, 2008 ).…”

Pathways to post-traumatic growth in Korean female cancer patients: the mediation effects of coping strategies and resilience

“…Research has consistently reported coping strategies as an associator of cognitive processing in patients with cancer (Tu et al, 2020 ). However, cancer patients do not cope with a traumatic event such as cancer diagnosis in the same way as patients experiencing other types of trauma, and consequences differ depending on the types of coping strategies (Kim et al, 2021 ; Kim, 2020 ; Cao et al, 2018 ; Choi, 2014 ).…”

“…Active-adaptive coping strategies have been reported as associated factors that can help cancer patients manage and reconstruct the crisis to achieve PTG in the diagnosis and treatment processes (Choi, 2014 ; Thornton et al, 2012 ; Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004 ). Coping strategies based on problem solving are ideal rather than those based on oppression or avoidance in stressful situations like cancer diagnosis and treatment, particularly because coping with cancer involves dealing with an unpredictable disease (Ha & Yang, 2015 ).…”

“…Resilience is defined as the capacity to improve adaptability in the face of adversity, as well as to recover from negative mental–physical sequelae from traumatic events such as a cancer diagnosis (Smith, 2006 ). In particular, the resilience of cancer patients was identified as an associator of PTG, leading to positive results by protecting individuals from its negative consequences and allowing them to psychologically recover to a higher level than before diagnosis and treatment (Choi, 2014 ; Park et al, 2018 ). In a study by Yeon and Yun, resilience was the most influential factor affecting PTG among breast cancer patients (Yeon & Yun, 2022 ).…”

“…Several studies have demonstrated that coping strategies affect resilience by effectively dealing with traumatic events using intentional, conscious, and cognitive strategies for stressful situations (Choi, 2014 ; Campbell-Sills et al, 2006 ; Schaefer & Moos, 1992 ). In this regard, Macía et al found that problem-solving-focused coping was positively related to resilience, while avoidance-focused coping was negatively linked to resilience (Macía et al, 2021 ).…”