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- Title
Examining the relationship between resilience and posttraumatic growth.
- Authors
Levine, Stephen Z.; Laufer, Avital; Stein, Einat; Hamama-Raz, Yaira; Solomon, Zahava
- Abstract
To extend the literature the present study aims to examine the interrelationships between resilience (defined by a lack of posttraumatic stress disorder following trauma) and posttraumatic growth. Two studies were conducted of Israeli: (a) adolescents exposed to terror (N = 2908), and (b) citizens and army personnel following the second Lebanon War (N = 588). Across studies the results showed that high levels of resilience were associated with the lowest posttraumatic growth scores. The results imply that although growth and resilience are both salutogenic constructs they are inversely related. The theoretical and clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
- Subjects
POST-traumatic stress disorder; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience; PERSONALITY; ARMIES; TERROR; LEBANON War, 2006; PATHOLOGICAL psychology; MENTAL health
- Publication
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2009, Vol 22, Issue 4, p282
- ISSN
0894-9867
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jts.20409