All Outputs (5)

Knowing when someone is resilient: Development and validation of a measure of adaptive functioning among war-affected Sri Lankan Tamils (2021)
Journal Article

Current measures of adaptive functioning are typically validated using samples from Western populations, which limit their utility in non-Western populations. The present study examines the development and utility of a locally derived measure of adap... Read More about Knowing when someone is resilient: Development and validation of a measure of adaptive functioning among war-affected Sri Lankan Tamils.

Examining Associations Between Major Negative Life Events, Changes in Weekly Reports of Post-Traumatic Growth and Global Reports of Eudaimonic Well-Being (2021)
Journal Article

Research on post-traumatic growth (PTG) has been compromised by methodological limitations. Recent process-oriented accounts of personality suggest, however, that positive changes may occur through short-term (i.e., state-level) changes in PTG. In th... Read More about Examining Associations Between Major Negative Life Events, Changes in Weekly Reports of Post-Traumatic Growth and Global Reports of Eudaimonic Well-Being.

Examining the functional utility of personal growth initiative in a war-affected Sri Lankan Tamil sample (2021)
Journal Article

The present study explored personal growth initiative (PGI; Robitschek, 1998)—the extent a person is motivated to and actively sets goals toward achieving self-improvement—and its relationship to functional impairment and life satisfaction among a wa... Read More about Examining the functional utility of personal growth initiative in a war-affected Sri Lankan Tamil sample.

Examining the Longitudinal Associations Between Repeated Narration of Recent Transgressions Within Individuals’ Romantic Relationships and Character Growth in Empathy, Humility, and Compassion (2021)
Journal Article

This prospective longitudinal study examined whether repeated written narration of relational transgressions was associated with increases in empathy, humility, and compassion over 1 year. Although engagement in reflective and meaning-making processi... Read More about Examining the Longitudinal Associations Between Repeated Narration of Recent Transgressions Within Individuals’ Romantic Relationships and Character Growth in Empathy, Humility, and Compassion.

Are predictions and perceptions of post-traumatic growth a form of ultimate justice reasoning? (2021)
Journal Article

Researchers have questioned whether self-report questionnaires adequately assess post-traumatic growth (PTG), as it was theorized (positive personality change after trauma), versus assessing a broader coping mechanism. Across four studies, we examine... Read More about Are predictions and perceptions of post-traumatic growth a form of ultimate justice reasoning?.