Citation

Blackie LER, Jayawickreme E, Tsukayama E, Forgeard MJC, Roepke AM, Fleeson W. J. Res. Pers. 2017; 69: 22-32.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jrp.2016.04.001

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Earlier work has defined post-traumatic growth (PTG) as positive personality change, but measurement of this construct has relied almost exclusively on cross-sectional and retrospective assessments. The aim of this study was to use an experience-sampling procedure to measure the extent to which PTG manifested in individuals' everyday lives after a recent highly stressful or traumatic adverse event (compared to a control group). In doing so, we developed a state measure of PTG. The factor structure of state PTG was comparable to trait PTG, there was significant variability in individuals' PTG from moment-to-moment, but individuals' trait PTG was unrelated to their state PTG. Moreover, individuals who had experienced a recent adversity did not differ from control participants on state PTG.

Language: en

Keywords

PTSD; Adversity; Post-traumatic growth; Well-being