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The impact of psychological factors on recovery from injury: a multicentre cohort study (2016)
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Purpose Unintentional injuries have a significant long-term health impact in working age adults. Depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder are common post-injury, but their impact on self-reported recovery has not been investigated in g... Read More about The impact of psychological factors on recovery from injury: a multicentre cohort study.

Psychological morbidity and health related quality of life after injury: multicentre cohort study (2016)
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Purpose: To demonstrate the impact of psychological morbidity one month post-injury on subsequent post-injury quality of life (HRQoL) in a general injury population in the UK to inform development of trauma care and rehabilitation services. Method... Read More about Psychological morbidity and health related quality of life after injury: multicentre cohort study.

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?.

A review of research into business coaching supervision (2016)
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A systematic search of the coaching literature for original peer-reviewed studies into business coaching supervision yielded seven research reports. Evaluation of these studies showed them to be low in the reporting of methodological rigour. However,... Read More about A review of research into business coaching supervision.

Posttraumatic growth and adjustment to spinal cord injury: moderated by posttraumatic depreciation? (2016)
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Objective: Findings on the relationship of posttraumatic growth (PTG) with adjustment to potentially traumatic events are inconsistent, whereupon posttraumatic depreciation (PTD) has been suggested as a possible moderator. The objective of this study... Read More about Posttraumatic growth and adjustment to spinal cord injury: moderated by posttraumatic depreciation?.

Support for a general factor of well-being (2016)
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Well-being is typically defined as positive feeling (e.g. happiness), positive functioning (e.g. competence, meaning) or a combination of the two. Recent evidence indicates that well-being indicators belonging to different categories can be explained... Read More about Support for a general factor of well-being.

Postmission Altruistic Identity Disruption Questionnaire (PostAID/Q): identifying humanitarian-related distress during the reintegration period following international humanitarian aid work (2016)
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Psychological care of humanitarian personnel exposed to high risk environments is not standardized across the sector. Particularly, returnees experiencing re-integration distress specific to prior aid deployment, is randomly addressed. The Postmissio... Read More about Postmission Altruistic Identity Disruption Questionnaire (PostAID/Q): identifying humanitarian-related distress during the reintegration period following international humanitarian aid work.

The prevalence of childhood victimization experienced outside of the family: findings from an English prevalence study (2015)
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There has been little research carried out in the United Kingdom (UK) aimed at providing a holistic exploration of the victim experiences of young people within the school and community environments (extrafamilial victimization). This study therefore... Read More about The prevalence of childhood victimization experienced outside of the family: findings from an English prevalence study.

A cross-sectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth (2015)
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Person-centered psychotherapy is based on the growth paradigm of psychological distress. Person-centered therapy is, therefore, ideally placed to facilitate posttraumatic growth. There were two aims of this study. The first was to explore the associa... Read More about A cross-sectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth.

A longitudinal investigation of the relationship between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth (2015)
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The present study investigated whether unconditional positive self-regard (UPSR) is associated with subsequent posttraumatic growth (PTG) following the experience of a traumatic life event. A total of 143 participants completed an online questionnair... Read More about A longitudinal investigation of the relationship between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth.

A person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth (2015)
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Over the past decade posttraumatic growth (PTG) has become a major topic for theory, research and practice in mainstream trauma psychology. The aim of this paper is to discuss the implications of PTG for the person-centered approach. It is argued tha... Read More about A person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth.

Positive functioning inventory: initial validation of a 12-item self-report measure of well-being (2014)
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Background: This paper describes the validation of the Positive Functioning Inventory (PFI-12). This is a 12-item self-report tool developed to assess a spectrum of functioning ranging from states of mental distress to states of well-being. Method:... Read More about Positive functioning inventory: initial validation of a 12-item self-report measure of well-being.

Expressive writing and posttraumatic growth: an Internet-based study (2014)
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This study examined the effects of Internet-based expressive writing on posttraumatic growth. Expressive (n = 14) and control writing (n = 10) participants wrote for 15 min on 3 occasions spaced 3 days apart. Measures of intrusive and avoidant though... Read More about Expressive writing and posttraumatic growth: an Internet-based study.

Psychological growth in aging Vietnam veterans: redefining shame and betrayal (2013)
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This study offers alternative interpretations of war-related distress embedded within the social and political context of the Vietnam War. Subjective interpretations from aging Vietnam veterans were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological anal... Read More about Psychological growth in aging Vietnam veterans: redefining shame and betrayal.

The Psychological Well-Being—Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ): Reliability and validity (2012)
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The Psychological Well-Being Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ) is an 18 item self-report measure to assess perceived changes in psychological well-being following traumatic events. The aim was to test its psychometric properties. Across... Read More about The Psychological Well-Being—Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ): Reliability and validity.

An interpretative phenomenological analysis of posttraumatic growth in adults bereaved by suicide (2011)
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This study explored experiences of posttraumatic growth in adults bereaved by suicide. Six participants were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. Transcribed interviews were analyzed from an interpretative phenomenological framewor... Read More about An interpretative phenomenological analysis of posttraumatic growth in adults bereaved by suicide.

The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale
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Background There is increasing international interest in the concept of mental well-being and its contribution to all aspects of human life. Demand for instruments to monitor mental well-being at a population level and evaluate mental health promot... Read More about The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale.