Violence transformed: Posttraumatic growth in survivors and their societies |
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| Institution: | 1. Izmir Katip Çelebi University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Izmir, Turkey;2. Istinye University, Faculty of Heath Sciences, Department of Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey;3. Manisa Psychiatric and Neurological Hospital, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, Manisa, Turkey;4. Manisa Psychiatric and Neurological Hospital, Celal Bayar University, Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Manisa, Turkey;1. Rehability Oregon, and Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, USA;2. Rehabilitation Counseling Program, Portland State University, USA;3. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA;4. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA |
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| Abstract: | Violence can be a catalyst for personal and social transformation. In this review, theory and research on processes that lead to posttraumatic growth are applied to survivors of violence. Certain kinds of rumination appear to lead to revision of fundamental schemas about the self, others, and the future. Revised schemas appear to survivors as personal growth that has occurred as a result of having to cope with their trauma, and this is incorporated into a personal narrative that gives meaning to the trauma and consolidates perceptions of growth. Survivors often report positive changes in identity, philosophy, and goals. Social transformations occur when survivors tell about their experiences and take other actions that enlighten others, obtain justice, and prevent recurrences of similar events. |
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