All Outputs (43)

A qualitative investigation into the cultural master narrative for overcoming trauma and adversity in the United Kingdom. (2020)
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Research in the field of narrative psychology has found that redemption—a narrative sequence in which people recount emotionally negative experiences as having positive endings—is a useful mechanism for coping with adversity. Redemption has been view... Read More about A qualitative investigation into the cultural master narrative for overcoming trauma and adversity in the United Kingdom..

Post-traumatic growth in mental health recovery: qualitative study of narratives (2019)
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Objectives Post-traumatic growth, defined as positive psychological change experienced as a result of the struggle with challenging life circumstances, is under-researched in people with mental health problems. The aim of this study was to develop... Read More about Post-traumatic growth in mental health recovery: qualitative study of narratives.

Are sequential sample designs useful for examining post-traumatic changes in character strengths? (2019)
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Previous research on differences in character strengths as a result of traumatic cultural events has relied on non-overlapping samples of individuals who completed online questionnaires before and after the event. This study expands on these previous... Read More about Are sequential sample designs useful for examining post-traumatic changes in character strengths?.

Personal growth in psychosis (2019)
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Psychopathology and languishing are distinct (2018)
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Halls-Simmons and McGrath have proposed that character strengths can moderate the impact that clinical symptoms have on functioning. This notion is reasonable in light of existing evidence. Specifically, we provide secondary analyses from data first... Read More about Psychopathology and languishing are distinct.

Randomized controlled trial of SecondStory, an intervention targeting posttraumatic growth, with bereaved adults (2018)
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Objective: People often report positive psychological changes after adversity, a phenomenon known as posttraumatic growth (PTG). Few PTG-focused interventions have been rigorously tested, and measurement strategies have had significant limitations. T... Read More about Randomized controlled trial of SecondStory, an intervention targeting posttraumatic growth, with bereaved adults.

“I am Rwandan”: unity and reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda (2018)
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Drawing on a corpus of ten oral interviews with survivors and perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, we examine how the government’s policy of unity and reconciliation has shaped post-genocide identities and intergroup relatio... Read More about “I am Rwandan”: unity and reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda.

Situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life (2018)
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Objectives: Existing assessments of intellectual humility (IH)—a key component of wisdom—do not examine its manifestation in daily life while sufficiently focusing on the core idea of the construct: owning up to one’s intellectual shortcomings. The p... Read More about Situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life.

Looking for post-traumatic growth in perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda: a discussion of theoretical and ethical issues (2017)
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The theory of post-traumatic growth claims that, in the struggle to overcome difficult experiences, individuals may identify positive ways in which the experience has changed them. There is extensive evidence of survivors of extreme adversities repor... Read More about Looking for post-traumatic growth in perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda: a discussion of theoretical and ethical issues.

Wisdom gained?: assessing relationships between adversity, personality and well-being among a late adolescent sample (2017)
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How do late adolescents make sense of stressful life events they have experienced in their lives? College students (N = 1225) reported the stressful events they had experienced in their lifetime up until the present survey, and indicated whether they... Read More about Wisdom gained?: assessing relationships between adversity, personality and well-being among a late adolescent sample.

Validation of the Parental Facilitation of Mastery Scale – II (2016)
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Objective: To develop a more reliable and comprehensive version of the Parental Facilitation of Mastery Scale (PFMS). Method: In Study 1, 387 undergraduates completed an expanded PFMS (PFMS-II) and measures of parenting, perceived control, responses... Read More about Validation of the Parental Facilitation of Mastery Scale – II.

Can people experience post-traumatic growth after committing violent acts? (2016)
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The concept of post-traumatic growth refers to the positive psychological changes that some people experience as a result of their struggle with highly stressful and often traumatic circumstances. Research into post-traumatic growth has typically foc... Read More about Can people experience post-traumatic growth after committing violent acts?.

Specific and individuated death reflection fosters identity integration (2016)
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Identity integration is the process wherein a person assimilates multiple or conflicting identities (e.g., beliefs, values, needs) into a coherent, unified self-concept. Three experiments examined whether contemplating mortality in a specific and ind... Read More about Specific and individuated death reflection fosters identity integration.

Post-traumatic growth as positive personality change: developing a measure to assess within-person variability (2016)
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Earlier work has defined post-traumatic growth (PTG) as positive personality change, but measurement of this construct has relied almost exclusively on cross-sectional and retrospective assessments. The aim of this study was to use an experience-samp... Read More about Post-traumatic growth as positive personality change: developing a measure to assess within-person variability.

Personality science, resilience, and posttraumatic growth (2015)
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PASTOR represents an innovative development in the study of resilience. This commentary highlights how PASTOR can help both clarify critical questions in and benefit from engaging with new research in personality science on behavioral flexibility acr... Read More about Personality science, resilience, and posttraumatic growth.

The protective function of personal growth initiative among a genocide-affected population in Rwanda (2015)
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The aim of the current study was to investigate the extent to which individual differences in personal growth initiative (PGI) were associated with lower reports of functional impairment of daily activities among a genocide-affected population in Rwa... Read More about The protective function of personal growth initiative among a genocide-affected population in Rwanda.

Open Peer Commentary and Authors' Response: Discussion (2015)
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© 2015 European Association of Personality Psychology. There is a well-established tradition of assessing personality traits, and some of its principles may have parallels in assessment of situations. Trait measures are interpreted in terms of norms;... Read More about Open Peer Commentary and Authors' Response: Discussion.

Investigating the veracity of self-reported post-traumatic growth: a profile analysis approach (2015)
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Research into posttraumatic growth—positive psychological change that people report in their relationships, priorities in life, and self-perception after experiences of adversity—has been severely critiqued. We investigated the degree to which commun... Read More about Investigating the veracity of self-reported post-traumatic growth: a profile analysis approach.

Agreement on the perception of moral character (2014)
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This study tested for inter-judge agreement on moral character. A sample of students and community members rated their own moral character using a measure that tapped six moral character traits. Friends, family members, and/or acquaintances rated the... Read More about Agreement on the perception of moral character.

Posttraumatic growth as positive personality change: evidence, controversies and future directions (2014)
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This target article focuses on the construct of post-traumatic growth—positive psychological change experienced as a result of the struggle with highly challenging life circumstances. Prominent theories of post-traumatic growth define it in terms of... Read More about Posttraumatic growth as positive personality change: evidence, controversies and future directions.