Predicting posttraumatic growth: A broader perspective
| dc.contributor.advisor | Pyland, Claudia | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Rosen, Lisa | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Williams, Marlene | |
| dc.creator | Kuciemba, James | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-22T19:03:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-02-22T19:03:34Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2022-08 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-08-01T05:00:00.000Z | |
| dc.date.submitted | Aug-22 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2023-02-22T19:03:35Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Throughout their lifetimes, many individuals will experience events that they consider traumatic, whether clinically or by a broader definition that includes all events which cause a significant, negative impact. Previous studies have found that trauma impacts a number of areas of life, from contributing to the development of mental health diagnoses to overall lower life satisfaction, but recent interest has increased concerning the potential for positive outcomes following traumatic experiences. Some research has focused on different personality characteristics or treatment types likely to mitigate the negative impact of traumatic events while others have examined occurrences of individuals growing past the baseline present prior to trauma in some area of their life, such as relationships or existential concerns. Much of this literature has centered around the construct of posttraumatic growth and what contributes to this type of growth. The current study examined three characteristics of traumatic experiences, age of first experience of trauma, frequency of traumatic experiences, and type of trauma and how they directly impact posttraumatic growth. It then examined if these characteristics indirectly impact posttraumatic growth through an impact on coping style and attachment style. A predominantly female (95.7%) sample was recruited from the campus population of Texas Woman’s University for this study. Of the identified characteristics of trauma, only experiences of childhood trauma and high frequency of trauma significantly predicted PTG, and the indirect impacts were nonsignificant. Avoidant coping showed a nonsignificant, positive relationship to PTG; however, much stronger correlations were found between other coping styles such as active coping and PTG. This implies that avoidant coping styles, particularly in individuals beginning to process experiences of trauma, might be beneficial as a starting point for moving toward other styles of coping for therapy clients addressing trauma. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11274/14441 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject | Posttraumatic growth | |
| dc.subject | Trauma | |
| dc.title | Predicting posttraumatic growth: A broader perspective | |
| dc.type | Dissertation | |
| dc.type.material | text | |
| thesis.degree.college | College of Arts and Sciences | |
| thesis.degree.department | Psychology and Philosophy | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas Woman's University | |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy |
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