Despite the indisputable negative psychosocial consequences of COVID-19 pandemic, positive are also possible. Resilience and coping strategies have been assumed to contribute these outcomes. However, findings still scarce inconclusive. The study aimed examine role resilience in secondary stress for Greek healthcare workers (HCWs) posttraumatic growth following lockdown Greece. A sample 673 HCWs...

Abstract Background This prospective longitudinal study examined and compared two measures (prospective retrospective ones) of post-traumatic growth (PTG) following Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation (HSCT) their respective relationships with mental health psychological disposition. We also tested the hypothesis that unwillingness to be in contact distressing thoughts feelings—i.e. experie...

The article provides a general overview of the concept ‘post-traumatic growth’ (PTG), according to R. Tedeschi and L. Calhoun. historical review emergence PTG analysis author's research on this topic showed that it should be separated from such related concepts as: ‘resilience’, ‘resilient reintegration’, ‘positive adaptation’, ‘psychological immunity’, ‘thriving’. aims highlight each listed co...

This article provides the conceptualization of post-traumatic development (PTD) in terms a dialectical unity processes stress disorder (PTSD) and growth (PTG); practical implications for eco-centered facilitation development. The results research indicate that process personality is paradoxical, irreversible scarcely predictable. In perspective attractor change not about content transient forms...

Society & Culture[1] Society & Culture[1]Trauma [2]Norway [3]Forskning.no [4] Follow-up support can make the difference between post-traumatic growth and post-traumatic stress. Recognition from work colleagues is all-important for what happens afterwards. It is well known that many people who have experienced tragic events suffer post-traumatic stress reactions later. And paradoxically, many al...

Society & Culture[1] Society & Culture[1]Trauma [2]Norway [3]Forskning.no [4] Follow-up support can make the difference between post-traumatic growth and post-traumatic stress. Recognition from work colleagues is all-important for what happens afterwards. It is well known that many people who have experienced tragic events suffer post-traumatic stress reactions later. And paradoxically, many al...

INTRODUCTION There is increasing evidence regarding people's reactions to life stressors in which people also may show positive experiences following a traumatic event. The aim of the present study was to explain the facilitators of post-traumatic growth based on the experiences of patients with a spinal cord injury. METHODS This was a qualitative study conducted on 16 Iranian patients with a...

OBJECTIVE The current longitudinal study aims to examine the bidirectional relationship between post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and post-traumatic growth (PTG). METHOD One hundred twenty-two adults in the most severely affected area were investigated by self-report questionnaires at 12 months and 18 months after the Wenchuan Earthquake occurred in China. RESULTS The autoregressive cro...

Transplantation of umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSCs) for repair of traumatic brain injury has been used in the clinic. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment has long been widely used as an adjunctive therapy for treating traumatic brain injury. UC-MSC transplantation combined with HBO treatment is expected to yield better therapeutic effects on traumatic brain injury. In this ...