Posttraumatic growth as a process and an outcome: Vexing problems and paradoxes seen from the perspective of humanistic psychology.

The aim of this article is to discuss the concept posttraumatic growth (PTG) from perspective humanistic psychology. Research findings in PTG have posed what seem be challenging theoretical questions. Questions that perplexing or paradoxical mainstream research are: whether a normative process, if it better described as personality change, its relationship with PTSD, same resilience, illusory, and finally, actually adaptive. These six questions, I would argue, only when lens through which they are being examined studying illness. There important differences how paradigm approaches topic compared illness ideology. In article, these questions Joseph Linley’s (2005) organismic valuing process (OVP) theory following adversity. Seen psychology tradition OVP theory, represents affective-cognitive real change toward constructive development leads resilience adaptive functioning. hope position adversity more clearly within field set new nonmedicalized agenda for researchers clinicians.