BACKGROUND Earthquakes can result in a range of psychopathology and in negative and positive consequences for survivors. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between clinical aftereffects (anxiety and depressive symptoms) and post-traumatic growth (PTG) among young survivors of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Italy. METHOD 316 young earthquake survivors enrolled in the University of L'Aquila ...

Little is known about the experience of post-traumatic growth (PTG) within UK veterans. To address this, our study aims to understand the lived experience of PTG from the perspective of UK veterans who have received treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. The study uses Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to explore qualitative interviews conducted with a sample of veterans who repor...

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women that creates stress in physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of patients’ life. Adjustment consequences for these patients may lead to posttraumatic growth. Given the impacts of spirituality on posttraumatic growth, the present study aimed to examine the role of religious coping in predicting posttraumatic growth among patients...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the relationship between resilience and religious orientation (internal and external) with posttraumatic growth (PTG). This study also examined the impact of marriage and sex variables on growth. METHOD Participants were selected based on prescreening of a larger group of students enrolled in the University of Shiraz. Participants were recruited in two stages...

BACKGROUND Post-traumatic growth (PTG) refers to the process of attributing meaning to traumatic events and positive changes in life after facing trauma. A number of studies have already demonstrated that demographic- and coping-approaches related variables predict PTG, yet little is known about whether PTG may be predicted by family processes such as flexibility, cohesion, communication and sa...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been a sudden and disruptive event that produced lots of deaths, overload the healthcare system, interruption social habits, change in life prospective. study aimed to explore relationships between meaning life, psychological distress, post-traumatic growth volunteers from first-aid associations operating Italy belonging areas most affected b...

The operations of the US military since 2001 have raised important concerns about the psychological costs of intense and repeated deployments. 1–3 Military personnel deployed for combat operations are frequently exposed to traumatic events and, predictably, those returning from the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have evidenced increased rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). 1,2 Un...