All Outputs (3)

Looking for post-traumatic growth in perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda: a discussion of theoretical and ethical issues (2017)
Journal Article
Blackie, L. E., Hitchcott, N., & Joseph, S. (2017). Looking for post-traumatic growth in perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda: a discussion of theoretical and ethical issues. https://doi.org/10.21039/jpr.v1i1.39

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)
Journal Article
Jayawickreme, E., Brocato, N. W., & Blackie, L. E. (in press). Wisdom gained?: assessing relationships between adversity, personality and well-being among a late adolescent sample. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0648-x

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.

Distinguishing post-traumatic growth from psychological adjustment among Rwandan genocide survivors (2017)
Book Chapter
Blackie, L. E., Jayawickreme, E., Hitchcott, N., & Joseph, S. (2017). Distinguishing post-traumatic growth from psychological adjustment among Rwandan genocide survivors. In D. Carr, J. Arthur, & K. Kristjánsson (Eds.), Varieties of Virtue Ethics. Palgrave Macmillan