Examining posttraumatic growth among Japanese university students
Humans; Male; Adult; Emotions; Japan; adolescent; Students; Stress Disorders; Aging/psychology; Post-Traumatic/psychology; Personality; Universities
To determine the underlying factor structure of the Japanese version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI-J), a principal components analysis was performed on data from 312 Japanese undergraduate students who reported growth due to their most traumatic event within the last 5 years. Results showed the PTGI-J has high internal consistency and, of the original five factors reported by Tedeschi and Calhoun (1996), three were replicated: Relating to Others, New Possibilities, Personal Strength, and a fourth factor integrating Spiritual Change and Appreciation of Life emerged. There were neither gender differences nor relationships with time since trauma. PTGI-J scores were positively associated with posttraumatic symptoms and correlated with type of traumatic event experienced. These results and future directions are discussed from a cross-cultural viewpoint.
2007
Taku K; Calhoun LG; Tedeschi RG; Gil-Rivas V; Kilmer RP; Cann A
Anxiety, Stress, And Coping
2007
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1080/10615800701295007" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1080/10615800701295007</a>
A short form of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory
Female; Humans; Male; Young Adult; Adult; Aged; Middle Aged; Life Change Events; Reproducibility of Results; Psychometrics; adolescent; 80 and over; Adaptation; Psychological; bereavement; Statistical; Psychological Tests; Factor Analysis; Domestic Violence/psychology; Leukemia/psychology
A short form of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI-SF) is described. A sample of 1351 adults who had completed the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) in previous studies provided the basis for item selection. The resulting 10-item form includes two items from each of the five subscales of the original PTGI, selected on the basis of loadings on the original factors and breadth of item content. A separate sample of 186 completed the short form of the scale (PTGI-SF). Confirmatory factor analyses on both data sets demonstrated a five-factor structure for the PTGI-short form (PTGI-SF) equivalent to that of the PTGI. Three studies of homogenous clinical samples (bereaved parents, intimate partner violence victims, and acute leukemia patients) demonstrated that the PTGI-SF yields relationships with other variables of interest that are equivalent to those found using the original form of the PTGI. A final study demonstrated that administering the 10 short-form items in a random order, rather than in the fixed context of the original scale, did not impact the performance of the PTGI-SF. Overall, these results indicate that the PTGI-SF could be substituted for the PTGI with little loss of information.
2010
Cann A; Calhoun LG; Tedeschi RG; Taku K; Vishnevsky T; Triplett KN; Danhauer SC
Anxiety, Stress, And Coping
2010
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1080/10615800903094273" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1080/10615800903094273</a>
Time of Change? The Spiritual Challenges of Bereavement and Loss
Spirituality
Coping with grief can include, in part, trying either to assimilate the loss into the existing worldview and its spiritual and religious components, or changing those components in congruence with the new reality. This spiritual or religious challenge can lead to loss of faith and a loss of spiritual meaning, but it can also provide a struggle that eventually leads to growth in the religious and spiritual domains. In a similar way, the bereaved person's experiences with their proximate culture and social world, particularly if their social systems include a religious community or shared spiritual beliefs with others, can lead to negative changes, but there is the possibility for growth in the social domain as well. Clinicians who work with bereaved persons need to be aware of the possibility that such themes may be important to their clients, and some suggestions are made to assist clinicians in this kind of work.
2006
Tedeschi RG; Calhoun LG
Omega
2006
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.2190/7mbu-ufv9-6tj6-dp83" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.2190/7mbu-ufv9-6tj6-dp83</a>
Positive aspects of critical life problems: recollections of grief
Grief; Life Change Events
1990
Calhoun LG; Tedeschi RG
Omega
1990
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.2190/qdy6-6pqc-kqwv-5u7k" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.2190/qdy6-6pqc-kqwv-5u7k</a>
The posttraumatic growth inventory: measuring the positive legacy of trauma.
Female; Humans; Male; Adult; Interpersonal Relations; Self Concept; Longitudinal Studies; Life Change Events; adolescent; Adaptation; Psychological; Gender Identity; Stress Disorders; Personality Development; Personality Inventory/statistics & numerical data; Philosophy; Post-Traumatic/diagnosis/psychology/rehabilitation; Social Perception
The development of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, an instrument for assessing positive outcomes reported by persons who have experienced traumatic events, is described. This 21-item scale includes factors of New Possibilities, Relating to Others, Personal Strength, Spiritual Change, and Appreciation of Life. Women tend to report more benefits than do men, and persons who have experienced traumatic events report more positive change than do persons who have not experienced extraordinary events. The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory is modestly related to optimism and extraversion. The scale appears to have utility in determining how successful individuals, coping with the aftermath of trauma, are in reconstructing or strengthening their perceptions of self, others, and the meaning of events.
1996
Tedeschi RG; Calhoun LG
Journal Of Traumatic Stress
1996
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1002/jts.2490090305" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1002/jts.2490090305</a>
Trauma and transformation: growing in the aftermath of suffering
Self Concept; Social Adjustment; Life Change Events; psychological; stress
Tedeschi RG; Calhoun LG
1995
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The paradox of struggling with trauma: guidelines for practice and directions for research
Calhoun LG; Tedeschi RG
Trauma, Recovery, And Growth: Positive Psychological Perspectives On Posttraumatic Stress.
2008
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