Event Centrality,Posttraumatic Cognitions,and the Experience of Posttraumatic Growth |
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Authors: | Steven L. Lancaster Megan Kloep Benjamin F. Rodriguez Rebecca Weston |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology , Drake University , Des Moines , Iowa , USA steven.lancaster@drake.edu;3. Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois , University–Carbondale , Carbondale , Illinois , USA;4. Department of Psychology , University of Texas–San Antonio , San Antonio , Texas , USA |
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Abstract: | This study tested the extent to which negative appraisals following traumatic events and the centrality of traumatic events predicted posttraumatic growth (PTG; Tedeschi &; Calhoun, 1996 Tedeschi, R. G. and Calhoun, L. G. 1996. The posttraumatic growth inventory: Measuring the positive legacy of trauma. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 9: 76–80. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]). Participants were 405 undergraduates at a Midwestern university who reported experiencing at least one traumatic event. Regression analyses indicated that the centrality of the event was a significant predictor for all five domains of PTG. Negative appraisals of the world were related to some domains of growth, but neither negative cognitions about the self nor self-blame was a significant predictor of any of the growth domains. Interpretation of these results is considered in light of the consistencies with Janoff-Bulman's (2004) Janoff-Bulman, R. 2004. Posttraumatic growth: Three explanatory models. Psychological Inquiry, 15: 30–34. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar] explanatory models of development of PTG. |
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Keywords: | cognitive event centrality growth trauma |
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