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Clarifying the Virtue Profile of the Good Thinker: An Interdisciplinary Approach (2024)
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Ratchford, J. L., Fleeson, W., King, N. L., Blackie, L. E., Zhang, Q., Porter, T., & Jayawickreme, E. (2024). Clarifying the Virtue Profile of the Good Thinker: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Topoi, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-024-10028-9

What does it mean to be a good thinker? Which virtues work together in someone who possesses good intellectual character? Although recent research on virtues has highlighted the benefits of individual intellectual virtues, being an excellent thinker... Read More about Clarifying the Virtue Profile of the Good Thinker: An Interdisciplinary Approach.

Daily emotional dynamics and changes in posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic depreciation among people living with HIV (2023)
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Pięta-Lendzion, M., Rzeszutek, M., Tsukayama, E., Blackie, L. E. R., & Gruszczyńska, E. (2024). Daily emotional dynamics and changes in posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic depreciation among people living with HIV. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 176, Article 111552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111552

Objective Posttraumatic growth (PTG), and its negative reflection, posttraumatic depreciation (PTD), are two aspects of response to trauma. This study explores whether daily emotional dynamics (inertia and innovation) can translate into positive v... Read More about Daily emotional dynamics and changes in posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic depreciation among people living with HIV.

Applied Scenarios: Embedding Psychological Literacy in Assessment (2023)
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Einav, S., Spence, A., Blackie, L. E., Cassidy, S., & Allen, H. A. (2023). Applied Scenarios: Embedding Psychological Literacy in Assessment. Psychology Learning and Teaching, https://doi.org/10.1177/14757257231209178

Psychological literacy refers to the ability of a psychology student to use psychological knowledge, rather than merely learn it, in the context of personal, social, and organizational issues. Embedding psychological literacy in assessment is a criti... Read More about Applied Scenarios: Embedding Psychological Literacy in Assessment.

Broadening our understanding of adversarial growth: The contribution of narrative methods (2023)
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E. R. Blackie, L., Weststrate, N. M., Turner, K., Adler, J. M., & McLean, K. C. (2023). Broadening our understanding of adversarial growth: The contribution of narrative methods. Journal of Research in Personality, 103, Article 104359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104359

After adversity, individuals sometimes report adversarial growth - positive changes in their identity, relationships, and worldviews. We examined how narrative methods enhanced understanding of adversarial growth compared to standard questionnaires.... Read More about Broadening our understanding of adversarial growth: The contribution of narrative methods.

A Theoretical Qualitative Investigation Exploring Illness Perceptions and Decision-Making About COVID-19 in an Ethnically Diverse UK-Based Sample (2023)
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McDonald, S., & Blackie, L. E. (2023). A Theoretical Qualitative Investigation Exploring Illness Perceptions and Decision-Making About COVID-19 in an Ethnically Diverse UK-Based Sample. Patient Preference and Adherence, 17, 473-489. https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S389660

Purpose: The primary aim of the present investigation was to explore perceptions, experiences, and decision-making relating to the COVID-19 illness as the UK entered into a phase of “living safely with COVID-19”. A secondary aim was to explore how pe... Read More about A Theoretical Qualitative Investigation Exploring Illness Perceptions and Decision-Making About COVID-19 in an Ethnically Diverse UK-Based Sample.

Examining the impact of major life events on the frequency and experience of daily social events (2023)
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Jayawickreme, E., Tsukayama, E., & Blackie, L. E. (2024). Examining the impact of major life events on the frequency and experience of daily social events. Journal of Personality, 92(1), 147-161. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12819

Objective: Life events can impact people's dispositional functioning by changing their state‐level patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behavior. One pathway through which this change may be facilitated is changes in the experience of daily social eve... Read More about Examining the impact of major life events on the frequency and experience of daily social events.

Examining the protective influence of posttraumatic growth on interpersonal suicide risk factors in a 6-week longitudinal study (2022)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Knowing when someone is resilient: Development and validation of a measure of adaptive functioning among war-affected Sri Lankan Tamils (2021)
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O'Neill, A., Jayawickreme, N., Blackie, L. E., Demaske, A., Goonasekera, M. A., & Jayawickreme, E. (2021). Knowing when someone is resilient: Development and validation of a measure of adaptive functioning among war-affected Sri Lankan Tamils. SSM - Mental Health, 1, Article 100026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2021.100026

Current measures of adaptive functioning are typically validated using samples from Western populations, which limit their utility in non-Western populations. The present study examines the development and utility of a locally derived measure of adap... Read More about Knowing when someone is resilient: Development and validation of a measure of adaptive functioning among war-affected Sri Lankan Tamils.

Examining Associations Between Major Negative Life Events, Changes in Weekly Reports of Post-Traumatic Growth and Global Reports of Eudaimonic Well-Being (2021)
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Jayawickreme, E., Blackie, L. E. R., Forgeard, M., Roepke, A. M., & Tsukayama, E. (2022). Examining Associations Between Major Negative Life Events, Changes in Weekly Reports of Post-Traumatic Growth and Global Reports of Eudaimonic Well-Being. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13(4), 827-838. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506211043381

Research on post-traumatic growth (PTG) has been compromised by methodological limitations. Recent process-oriented accounts of personality suggest, however, that positive changes may occur through short-term (i.e., state-level) changes in PTG. In th... Read More about Examining Associations Between Major Negative Life Events, Changes in Weekly Reports of Post-Traumatic Growth and Global Reports of Eudaimonic Well-Being.

Examining the functional utility of personal growth initiative in a war-affected Sri Lankan Tamil sample (2021)
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Demaske, A., Blackie, L. E., Jayawickreme, N., & Jayawickreme, E. (2021). Examining the functional utility of personal growth initiative in a war-affected Sri Lankan Tamil sample. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 12(3), 215–224. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000196

The present study explored personal growth initiative (PGI; Robitschek, 1998)—the extent a person is motivated to and actively sets goals toward achieving self-improvement—and its relationship to functional impairment and life satisfaction among a wa... Read More about Examining the functional utility of personal growth initiative in a war-affected Sri Lankan Tamil sample.

Examining the Longitudinal Associations Between Repeated Narration of Recent Transgressions Within Individuals’ Romantic Relationships and Character Growth in Empathy, Humility, and Compassion (2021)
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Blackie, L. E. R., & McLean, K. C. (2022). Examining the Longitudinal Associations Between Repeated Narration of Recent Transgressions Within Individuals’ Romantic Relationships and Character Growth in Empathy, Humility, and Compassion. European Journal of Personality, 36(4), 507-528. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070211028696

This prospective longitudinal study examined whether repeated written narration of relational transgressions was associated with increases in empathy, humility, and compassion over 1 year. Although engagement in reflective and meaning-making processi... Read More about Examining the Longitudinal Associations Between Repeated Narration of Recent Transgressions Within Individuals’ Romantic Relationships and Character Growth in Empathy, Humility, and Compassion.

Are predictions and perceptions of post-traumatic growth a form of ultimate justice reasoning? (2021)
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Harvey, A. J., & Blackie, L. E. R. (2021). Are predictions and perceptions of post-traumatic growth a form of ultimate justice reasoning?. European Journal of Personality, 36(4), 443-465. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070211014030

Researchers have questioned whether self-report questionnaires adequately assess post-traumatic growth (PTG), as it was theorized (positive personality change after trauma), versus assessing a broader coping mechanism. Across four studies, we examine... Read More about Are predictions and perceptions of post-traumatic growth a form of ultimate justice reasoning?.

Post?Traumatic Growth as Positive Personality Change: Challenges, Opportunities and Recommendations (2020)
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Jayawickreme, E., Infurna, F. J., Alajak, K., Blackie, L. E. R., Chopik, W. J., Chung, J. M., …Zonneveld, R. (2021). Post‐Traumatic Growth as Positive Personality Change: Challenges, Opportunities and Recommendations. Journal of Personality, 89(1), 145-165. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12591

Objective Posttraumatic growth typically refers to enduring positive psychological change experienced as a result of adversity, trauma, or highly challenging life circumstances. Critics have challenged insights from much of the prior research on thi... Read More about Post?Traumatic Growth as Positive Personality Change: Challenges, Opportunities and Recommendations.

Examining within-person relationships between state assessments of affect and eudaimonic well-being using multi-level structural equation modeling (2020)
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Jayawickreme, E., Tsukayama, E., Blackie, L. E., & Weiss, B. (2021). Examining within-person relationships between state assessments of affect and eudaimonic well-being using multi-level structural equation modeling. Journal of Positive Psychology, 16(5), 691-700. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1818811

Prior research has highlighted the possibility that current affect may be interchangeable with state assessments of other dimensions of subjective well-being. In the present study, we conducted a systematic replication and extension by examining the... Read More about Examining within-person relationships between state assessments of affect and eudaimonic well-being using multi-level structural equation modeling.

A qualitative investigation into the cultural master narrative for overcoming trauma and adversity in the United Kingdom. (2020)
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Blackie, L. E. R., Colgan, J. E. V., McDonald, S., & Mclean, K. C. (2023). A qualitative investigation into the cultural master narrative for overcoming trauma and adversity in the United Kingdom. Qualitative Psychology, 10(1), 154-170. https://doi.org/10.1037/qup0000163

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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Slade, M., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Blackie, L. E., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Franklin, D., Hui, A., …Deakin, E. (2019). Post-traumatic growth in mental health recovery: qualitative study of narratives. BMJ Open, 9(6), Article e029342. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029342

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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Lamade, R. V., Jayawickreme, E., Blackie, L. E., & Mcgrath, R. E. (2019). Are sequential sample designs useful for examining post-traumatic changes in character strengths?. Journal of Positive Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2019.1610481

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?.

Psychopathology and languishing are distinct (2018)
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Jayawickreme, E., & Blackie, L. E. (2019). Psychopathology and languishing are distinct. Journal of Positive Psychology, 14(1), 68-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2018.1528379

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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Roepke, A. M., Tsukayama, E., Forgeard, M., Blackie, L., & Jayawickreme, E. (2018). Randomized controlled trial of SecondStory, an intervention targeting posttraumatic growth, with bereaved adults. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86(6), 518-532. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000307

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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Blackie, L. E., & Hitchcott, N. (2018). “I am Rwandan”: unity and reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda. Genocide Studies and Prevention, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.12.1.1480

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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Zachry, C. E., Phan, L. V., Blackie, L. E., & Jayawickreme, E. (2018). Situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life. Journals of Gerontology, Series B, 73(8), 1404–1415. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby016

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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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)
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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.

Validation of the Parental Facilitation of Mastery Scale – II (2016)
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Zalta, A. K., Allred, K. M., Jayawickreme, E., Blackie, L. E., & Chambless, D. L. (2017). Validation of the Parental Facilitation of Mastery Scale – II. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 73(10), 1327-1342. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22416

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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Blackie, L. E., Roepke, A. M., Hitchcott, N., & Joseph, S. (2016). Can people experience post-traumatic growth after committing violent acts?. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 22(4), 409-412. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000218

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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Blackie, L. E., Cozzolino, P. J., & Sedikides, C. (2016). Specific and individuated death reflection fosters identity integration. PLoS ONE, 11(5), e0154873. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154873

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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Blackie, L. E., Jayawickreme, E., Tsukayama, E., Forgeard, M. J., Roepke, A. M., & Fleeson, W. (in press). Post-traumatic growth as positive personality change: developing a measure to assess within-person variability. Journal of Research in Personality, 69, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.04.001

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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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Agreement on the perception of moral character (2014)
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Helzer, E. G., Furr, R. M., Hawkins, A., Barranti, M., Blackie, L. E., & Fleeson, W. (2014). Agreement on the perception of moral character. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40(12), https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167214554957

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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Jayawickreme, E., & Blackie, L. E. (in press). Posttraumatic growth as positive personality change: evidence, controversies and future directions. European Journal of Personality, 28(4), https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1963

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.

Finding character strengths through loss: an extension of Peterson and Seligman (2003) (2014)
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Schueller, S. M., Jayawickreme, E., Blackie, L. E., Forgeard, M. J., & Roepke, A. M. (2014). Finding character strengths through loss: an extension of Peterson and Seligman (2003). Journal of Positive Psychology, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2014.920405

People can experience positive changes even in the midst of adversity and loss. We investigated character strengths following three recent shooting tragedies. Using an Internet database of respondents to the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (V... Read More about Finding character strengths through loss: an extension of Peterson and Seligman (2003).

Self-Related Consequences of Death Fear and Death Denial (2013)
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Cozzolino, P. J., Blackie, L. E., & Meyers, L. S. (2014). Self-Related Consequences of Death Fear and Death Denial. Death Studies, 38(6), 418-422. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2013.780110

This study explores self-related outcomes (e.g., esteem, self-concept clarity, existential well-being) as a function of the interaction between self-reported levels of death fear and death denial. Consistent with the idea that positive existential gr... Read More about Self-Related Consequences of Death Fear and Death Denial.