TY - JOUR
T1 - Elaboration on the association between trauma, PTSD and posttraumatic growth
T2 - The role of trait resilience
AU - Bensimon, Moshe
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - Research divides and reports negative associations between negative (pathogenic; e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD) and positive (salutogenic; e.g., posttraumatic growth, resilience) psychological responses to trauma. This study elaborates prior research by casting resilience as a trait rather than state. Participants with varied exposure levels (n=500) completed measures of resilience, trauma history, PTSD, and posttraumatic growth. Results of structural equation modeling with LISREL showed that trauma increased PTSD and growth levels, whereas resilience was associated positively with growth and negatively with PTSD. It is concluded that salutogenic and pathological responses to trauma show differential associations with trait resilience.
AB - Research divides and reports negative associations between negative (pathogenic; e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD) and positive (salutogenic; e.g., posttraumatic growth, resilience) psychological responses to trauma. This study elaborates prior research by casting resilience as a trait rather than state. Participants with varied exposure levels (n=500) completed measures of resilience, trauma history, PTSD, and posttraumatic growth. Results of structural equation modeling with LISREL showed that trauma increased PTSD and growth levels, whereas resilience was associated positively with growth and negatively with PTSD. It is concluded that salutogenic and pathological responses to trauma show differential associations with trait resilience.
KW - PTSD
KW - Posttraumatic growth
KW - Resilience
KW - Salutogenesis
KW - Trauma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84858153322&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2012.01.011
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2012.01.011
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SN - 0191-8869
VL - 52
SP - 782
EP - 787
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
IS - 7
ER -