Post-traumatic growth

In psychology, posttraumatic growth (PTG) is positive psychological change experienced as a result of struggling with highly challenging, highly stressful life circumstances.^[1]^[2] These circumstances represent significant challenges to the adaptive resources of the individual, and pose significant challenges to the individual's way of understanding the world and their place in it.^[1] Posttraumatic growth involves "life-changing" psychological shifts in thinking and relating to the world and the self, that contribute to a personal process of change, that is deeply meaningful.^[1]

People who have experienced post-traumatic growth often report changes within the following five factors: appreciation of life; relating to others; personal strength; new possibilities; and spiritual, existential or philosophical change.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c Tedeshi, R.G., & Calhoun, L.G. (2004). Posttraumatic Growth: Conceptual Foundation and Empirical Evidence. Philadelphia, PA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
^ ^a ^b Tedeschi R, Shakespeare-Finch J, Taku K, Calhoun L (2018). Posttraumatic growth: Theory, research and applications. Taylor & Francis. doi:10.4324/9781315527451. ISBN 978-1-315-52745-1. S2CID 149689169.

[ref1-1] Tedeshi, R.G., & Calhoun, L.G. (2004). Posttraumatic Growth: Conceptual Foundation and Empirical Evidence. Philadelphia, PA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

[:0-2] Tedeschi R, Shakespeare-Finch J, Taku K, Calhoun L (2018). Posttraumatic growth: Theory, research and applications. Taylor & Francis. doi:10.4324/9781315527451. ISBN 978-1-315-52745-1. S2CID 149689169.

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