This special issue examines the theoretical and practice implications of post-traumatic
growth and resilience among survivors of trauma and/or structural oppression. The …

Common crises such as physical illness, bereavement, and divorce, and dramatic events
such as natural disasters and war each shape the lives of the people they touch in unique …

The experience of suffering is ubiquitous. While the parameters of what constitutes a
traumatic experience are broad, reviews of large-scale, population-based studies …

This volume synthesizes cutting-edge research on natural processes of resilience and
recovery, highlighting implications for trauma treatment and prevention. Prominent experts …

Stressful and traumatic events are an expected part of human life. To date, the field of
traumatology has mostly focused on trauma-related psychopathology and its treatment …

Life is inevitably stressful, and there is tremendous variability in how people respond to and
manage life's stressors. This chapter strives to explain the diversity of human responses to …

This special issue was inspired by a desire to shine a light on new ways to think about stress
and trauma through resilience, perseverance, and posttraumatic growth. Difficult times help …

Theories of positive change following traumatic events, known as posttraumatic growth, posit
that growth occurs in predetermined domains. However, the domains in which growth occurs …

What happens in the trauma's aftermath? How do its effects manifest differently on the
individual, family, and community-wide levels? Stress, Trauma, and Posttraumatic Growth …

WE COINED THE term posttraumatic growth to describe the experi-ence of positive change
resulting from the struggle with a major life crisis (Calhoun & Tedeschi, 1999; Tedeschi & …