Understanding the Relationship between Traumatic Suffering, Posttraumatic Growth, and Prosocial Variables

Autor/inn/en	El-Gabalawy, Renée; Mackenzie, Corey S.; Starzyk, Katherine B.; Sommer, Jordana L.
Titel	Understanding the Relationship between Traumatic Suffering, Posttraumatic Growth, and Prosocial Variables
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 69 (2021) 7, S.710-718 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
DOI	10.1080/07448481.2019.1705841
Schlagwörter	Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Individual Development; Prosocial Behavior; Affective Behavior; Stress Variables; Anxiety; Empathy; Volunteers; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Helping Relationship; Incidence; Correlation; Emotional Response; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Experience; Personality Traits; Depression (Psychology); Canada; Positive and Negative Affect Schedule + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individuelle Entwicklung; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Angst; Empathie; Freiwilliger; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Helfende Beziehung; Vorkommen; Korrelation; Emotionales Verhalten; Ausland; Erfahrung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Kanada
Abstract	Objective: We investigated facets of posttraumatic growth (PTG) theory, including the nature of the index event, the relationship between suffering and PTG, and prosocial correlates of PTG. Methods: Undergraduate students (N = 253) completed measures of PTG and trauma-related, psychopathology/affect, and prosocial correlates. Results: Differences emerged in PTG according to event severity, with greater PTG for those who experienced a trauma compared to a stressor. PTG was associated with nearly all trauma-related, select psychopathology/affect (e.g., anxiety, positive affect) and prosocial (e.g., empathy, volunteerism) variables. In a multivariable model, race/ethnicity, helpfulness, perceived chronicity of distress, and positive affect were associated with PTG. Curvilinear trends demonstrated that moderate chronicity of distress and current emotional distress from trauma were associated with the greatest PTG. Conclusions: Findings highlight factors associated with growth, including a moderately distressing trauma, positive affect, and prosocial behavior. Results clarify PTG theory and contribute to understanding conflicting evidence in prior PTG literature. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01