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Personality science, resilience, and posttraumatic growth (2015)
Journal Article
Jayawickreme, E., Forgeard, M. J., & Blackie, L. E. (in press). Personality science, resilience, and posttraumatic growth. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 38(e105), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X14001551

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)
Journal Article
Blackie, L. E., Jayawickreme, E., Forgeard, M. J., & Jayawickreme, N. (2015). The protective function of personal growth initiative among a genocide-affected population in Rwanda. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 7(4), https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000010.search

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)
Journal Article
Blackie, L. E., & Jayawickreme, E. (2015). Open Peer Commentary and Authors' Response: Discussion. European Journal of Personality, 29(3), 382-432. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2005

© 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)
Journal Article
Blackie, L. E., Jayawickreme, E., Helzer, E. G., Forgeard, M. J., & Roepke, A. M. (in press). Investigating the veracity of self-reported post-traumatic growth: a profile analysis approach. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6(7), https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550615587986

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.