All Outputs (6)

Examining the protective influence of posttraumatic growth on interpersonal suicide risk factors in a 6-week longitudinal study (2022)
Journal Article
Yasdiman, M. B., Townsend, E., & Blackie, L. E. R. (2022). Examining the protective influence of posttraumatic growth on interpersonal suicide risk factors in a 6-week longitudinal study. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 998836. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.998836

Research has found an inverse relationship between posttraumatic growth (PTG) and suicidal ideation in military and community samples that holds when controlling for other suicide risk factors. However, further research is needed into the underlying... Read More about Examining the protective influence of posttraumatic growth on interpersonal suicide risk factors in a 6-week longitudinal study.

Investigating corroboration of self-perceived posttraumatic growth among Sri Lankan Tamil survivors of ethnopolitical warfare through trait, domain, and profile agreement approaches (2022)
Journal Article
Reynolds, C. J., Blackie, L. E., Furr, R. M., Demaske, A., Roepke, A. M., Forgeard, M., & Jayawickreme, E. (2022). Investigating corroboration of self-perceived posttraumatic growth among Sri Lankan Tamil survivors of ethnopolitical warfare through trait, domain, and profile agreement approaches. Psychological Assessment, 34(12), 1155–1165. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001172

Though research on assessing posttraumatic growth has been severely critiqued, some evidence suggests close others can observe and report changes in individuals following traumatic life events and are sensitive to idiosyncratic ways in which changes... Read More about Investigating corroboration of self-perceived posttraumatic growth among Sri Lankan Tamil survivors of ethnopolitical warfare through trait, domain, and profile agreement approaches.

Trauma exposure and short-term volitional personality trait change (2022)
Journal Article
Blackie, L. E., & Hudson, N. W. (2023). Trauma exposure and short-term volitional personality trait change. Journal of Personality, 91(3), 583-600. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12759

Objective: Research into post-traumatic growth (PTG) finds individuals report positive changes in their identity, relationships, and worldviews after trauma. In a pre-registered 16-week longitudinal study, we examined trait change after recent trauma... Read More about Trauma exposure and short-term volitional personality trait change.

What does a personality science approach to post-traumatic growth reveal? (2022)
Journal Article
Blackie, L. E., & Jayawickreme, E. (2022). What does a personality science approach to post-traumatic growth reveal?. European Journal of Personality, 36(4), 437-442. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070221104628

Recent research has advocated for the value of conceptualizing post-traumatic growth as positive personality change. However, most research continues to use both methodologically suspect assessment tools and unsupported theoretical assumptions. How c... Read More about What does a personality science approach to post-traumatic growth reveal?.

Do We Know Whether We’re Happier? Corroborating Perceived Retrospective Assessments of Improvements in Well-Being (2022)
Journal Article
Bossert, S. A., Tsukayama, E., Blackie, L. E., Cole, V. T., & Jayawickreme, E. (2022). Do We Know Whether We’re Happier? Corroborating Perceived Retrospective Assessments of Improvements in Well-Being. Journal of Personality Assessment, 104(4), 458-466. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2022.2039167

To what extent do our beliefs about how our well-being has improved over time correspond to observed changes? Participants (N = 1,247 from Qualtrics Panels) completed questionnaires measuring dispositional well-being and ill-being (depressive symptom... Read More about Do We Know Whether We’re Happier? Corroborating Perceived Retrospective Assessments of Improvements in Well-Being.

Examining the protective function of perceptions of post-traumatic growth against entrapment and suicidal ideation (2022)
Journal Article
Yasdiman, M. B., Townsend, E., & Blackie, L. E. (2022). Examining the protective function of perceptions of post-traumatic growth against entrapment and suicidal ideation. Journal of Affective Disorders, 300, 474-480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.12.118

Background: Recent evidence has found that reporting post-traumatic growth (PTG) from a past stressful life event is associated with lower reports of suicidal ideation. Perceptions of PTG measure the extent to which an individual reports positive cha... Read More about Examining the protective function of perceptions of post-traumatic growth against entrapment and suicidal ideation.