A Contrarian View of Growth Following Adversity
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This chapter contains sections titled: A Conceptual Model of Psychological Growth as Enhanced Self-Regulation Impact of Psychological Trauma on Self-Regulation Posttraumatic Growth: A Synopsis of the Evidence Posttraumatic Growth: A Contrarian Challenge and Redefinition An Alternative Paradigm: Enhanced or Reconstituted Self-Regulation After Trauma Summary
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The self-assessment method assumes that the subject can: 1) recall their earlier well-being in each dimension before the event, 2) determine how much they changed in the discussed scope, and 3) assess to what extent the event is responsible for that change.
“Ukryte założenia, które leżą upodstaw takiej metody oceny są takie, że badana osoba będzie wstanie: 1) przypomnieć sobie swoje wcześniejsze samopoczucie, wkażdym zwymiarów przed pojawieniem się zdarzenia, 2) będzie umiała określić, jak bardzo się womawianym zakresie zmieniła, 3) będzie wstanie ocenić, wjakim stopniu to zdarzenie jest za ową zmianę odpowiedzialne [31].”
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- Authors
- Ford, J. D., Tennen, H., & Albert, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Connecticut (US)
- Venue
- Trauma, Recovery, and Growth
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2008-01-25
- Pages
- 295-324
- OpenAlex
- W1553478959
- Cited by
- 88
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 37 · 2025: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
- Type
- other
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Keywords
- posttraumatic growth, psychological growth, self-regulation, psychological trauma, adversity, conceptual model
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