Factors contributing to post-traumatic growth: a proposed structural equation model

Factors contributing to post-traumatic growth: a proposed structural equation model

Cadell S; Regehr C; Hemsworth D

The American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry

2003

Female; Humans; Male; Adult; Aged; Middle Aged; Life Change Events; HIV Seropositivity; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adaptation; Psychological; bereavement; social support; Stress Disorders; Homosexuality; Bisexuality; Orthopsychiatry/methods; Post-Traumatic/psychology

With the current shift to include positive outcomes of trauma, this research was designed to explore factors that allow growth to occur. Structural equation modeling was used to test a model for understanding posttraumatic growth. A sample (N = 174) of bereaved HIV/AIDS caregivers completed questionnaires in English and French. Spirituality, social support, and stressors were found to have a positive relationship with growth. Facilitation of posttraumatic growth is crucial to all helping professions. This article uses structural equation modelling to begin to elaborate the relationship of spirituality, social support and stressors to posttraumatic growth.

2003

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