Sexual assault (SA) is a common and deleterious form of trauma. Over 40 years of research
on its impact has suggested that SA has particularly severe effects on a variety of forms of …

Background Posttraumatic growth (PTG) is positive psychological changes after
encountering challenging events. The main purpose of this meta-analysis was to summarize …

Posttraumatic Growth reworks and overhauls the seminal 2006 Handbook of Posttraumatic
Growth. It provides a wide range of answers to questions concerning knowledge of …

Traumatic experiences can have a powerful impact on individuals and communities but the
relationship between perceptions of beneficial and pathological outcomes are not known …

Positive psychology is currently equated with theory and research on the positive aspects of
life. The reality could not be further from the truth. Positive psychology investigates and …

Self‐compassion has emerged as an important construct in the mental health literature.
Although conceptual links between self‐compassion and trauma are apparent, a review has …

Stress and trauma research has traditionally focused on negative sequelae of adversity.
Recently, research has begun to focus on positive outcomes, specifically posttraumatic …

The phenomenon of posttraumatic growth—the transformative positive change that can
occur as a result of a struggle with great adversity—has been a focus of interest for …

Objective: Previous research suggests trauma characteristics can impact on posttraumatic
growth (PTG). The current study considers whether previously identified predictors of PTG …

The literature on posttraumatic growth (PTG) is burgeoning, with the inconsistencies in the
literature of the relationship between PTG and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) …