Citation

Levine SZ, Laufer A, Stein E, Hamama-Raz Y, Solomon Z. J. Trauma. Stress 2009; 22(4): 282-286.

Affiliation

Renata Adler Research Center for Child Welfare and Protection, Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, and Department of Criminology, Bar Ilan University, Bar Ilan, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jts.20409

PMID

19593805

Abstract

To extend the literature the present study aims to examine the interrelationships between resilience (defined by a lack of posttraumatic stress disorder following trauma) and posttraumatic growth. Two studies were conducted of Israeli: (a) adolescents exposed to terror (N = 2908), and (b) citizens and army personnel following the second Lebanon War (N = 588). Across studies the results showed that high levels of resilience were associated with the lowest posttraumatic growth scores. The results imply that although growth and resilience are both salutogenic constructs they are inversely related. The theoretical and clinical implications of these findings are discussed.

Language: en