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Optimism, Social Support, and Coping Strategies As Factors Contributing to Posttraumatic Growth: A Meta-Analysis
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This meta-analytic review examines the role of optimism, social support, and coping strategies in contributing to posttraumatic growth. Results from 103 studies showed that all three systems of variables yielded significant effect sizes. Religious coping and positive reappraisal coping produced the largest effect sizes. Social support, seeking social support coping, spirituality, and optimism were moderately related to posttraumatic growth. Acceptance coping yielded the smallest effect sizes. Moderator analyses showed that effect sizes did not differ according to time elapsed since trauma, gender, and type of posttraumatic growth measure (posttraumatic growth vs. benefit finding). Age and gender were significant moderators of religious coping, whereas study design (longitudinal vs. cross-sectional) significantly moderated the effect of positive reappraisal coping. Implications for research and interventions on posttraumatic growth are also discussed.
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“The last, resilience and rumination were not the only two effect factors of traumatic outcomes, and other factors, such as social support may also affect the development of PTG and PTSD (Dirik and Karanci, 2008; Prati and Pietrantoni, 2009).”
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“The effectiveness of positive reappraisal likely depends on contextual opportunities and resources: survivors who received adequate social support and had sufficient time for reflection may have been better positioned to construct positive meaning, whereas those still facing acute stressors or lacking psychosocial resources may have struggled to reframe their experiences (63).”
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“A meta-analysis study also showed a moderate correlation between social support and PTG with a mean effect size of r = 0.26 (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009).”
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“Again, the experience of posttraumatic growth may be linked to individual coping strategies for stress (Peters et al., 2021), including religious or spiritual coping and positive reframing (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009; Schroevers & Teo, 2008).”
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“…of PTG such as social support and religiosity among coping strategies (García, Páez, Cartes, Neira, & Reyes, 2014), and optimism among interpersonal variables (Helgeson, Reynolds, & Tomich, 2006; Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009; Rajandram, Jenewein, McGrath, & Kwahlen, 2011; García, Cova, & Reyes, 2014).”
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“In research among cancer patients, social support appears to foster reflection and facilitate positive coping strategies (Morris & ShakespeareFinch, 2011; Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009).”
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“…in times of stress and distress (Besser and Zeigler-Hill, 2014) and adversity (Carver et al., 2010), and better responses to traumatic events (Prati and Pietrantoni, 2009), including illness (Ben-Zur and Debi, 2005; Carver et al., 2003; Kivimäki et al., 2005), disasters (Samoon et al.,…”
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“…that education, problem-focused coping (taking direct action to change or manage the situation), marriage, and social support are positively associated with posttraumatic growth (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009; Sattler, Assanangkornchai, Moller, Kesavatana-Dohrs, & Graham, 2014; So-kum Tang, 2007).”
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“…(Helgeson et al., 2006), and other studies have identified greater perceived personal control (Affleck et al., 1987), greater social support (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009), positive cognitive appraisal (Park et al., 1996), perceived intensity of disease, and active coping (Bellizzi & Blank,…”
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“A meta-analysis has also shown that there is a moderate correlation between social support and PTG, with a mean effect size of r = 0.26 (Prati and Pietrantoni, 2009).”
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“…three broad life domains: positive re-evaluation of self-worth, greater appreciation of interpersonal relationships, changed life values and beliefs (see Helgeson, Reynolds, & Tomich, 2006; Joseph & Linley, 2008; Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009; Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996; Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004).”
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“These positive changes are thought to emerge in five domains: greater appreciation of life, warmer relationships with others, increases in perceptions of personal strength, recognition of new possibilities, and spiritual development (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009; Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004).”
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“In this context, a recent meta-analysis (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009) showed that social support promotes effective coping strategies, which in turn endorse positive outcomes.”
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“…of stress (Besser & Zeigler-Hill, in press) or adversity (Carver, Scheier, & Segerstrom, 2010) and more adaptive responses to traumatic events (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009), such as illness (e.g., Kivimäki et al., 2005), disasters (Samoon et al., 2010), terrorism (Ai, Evans-Campbell,…”
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“In recent years, many studies have provided evidence to support the positive effect of perceived social support in coping with traumatic events including discrimination (Galvan, Davis, Banks, & Bing, 2008; Linley & Joseph, 2004; Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009).”
BackgroundResultPosttraumatic growth in students, crime survivors and trauma workers exposed to adversity
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“Students form samples in many existing PTG studies (e.g. DeRoma et al., 2003; O'Connor, Cobb, & O'Connor, 2003; Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009) and thereare bene fi tsof doingso.”
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“…2002, p. 374), has been found to be correlated with fewer PTS symptoms (Acierno, Ruggiero, Kilpatrick, Resnick, & Galea, 2006; Galea, Tracy, Norris, & Coffey, 2008; Houston et al., 2015a) and increased rates of PTG (First, First, Stevens, Mieseler, & Houston, 2018; Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009).”
BackgroundSilver linings of the COVID-19 lockdown in New Zealand
Jenkins, M., Hoek, J. A., Jenkin, G. L. S., Gendall, P. J., Stanley, J., Beaglehole, B., Bell, C., Rapsey, C. M., & Every‐Palmer, S. (2021) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0249678 · Cited by 47
“Interventions that stimulate benefit-finding could support these participants during future threats [53,54].”
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“Moreover, religious coping and social support seeking were found to have effects on PTG in a meta-analysis of mixed samples [25].”
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“…meta-analyses have been published examining predictors of PTG, such as optimism, social support, acceptance coping, religious coping, and reappraisal coping (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009), ruminations, intrusions, and avoidance (Linley & Joseph, 2004), and denial (Helgeson, Reynolds, & Tomich, 2006).”
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“Meta-analytic reviews of this literature have identified several predictors of posttraumatic growth, including religious beliefs and practices, the ability to reappraise situations positively, perceived social support, active social support seeking, and optimism (Prati and Pietrantoni 2009).”
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“These changes overarch three broad life domains: positive reevaluation of self-worth, greater appreciation of interpersonal relationships, and changed life values and beliefs (see Helgeson, Reynolds, & Tomich, 2006; Joseph & Linley, 2008; Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009; Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996, 2004).”
BackgroundWagner, A. C., Torbit, L. A., Jenzer, T., Landy, M. S. H., Pukay‐Martin, N. D., Macdonald, A., Fredman, S. J., & Monson, C. M. (2016) · Journal of Traumatic Stress · doi:10.1002/jts.22122 · Cited by 41
“Interpersonal factors have a strong association with PTG and may be key elements in the facilitation of its development (e.g., Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009).”
BackgroundWłodarczyk, A., Basabe, N., Páez, D., Villagrán, L., & Reyes, C. (2017) · Journal of Loss and Trauma · doi:10.1080/15325024.2017.1297657 · Cited by 46
Athletes’ retirement from elite sport: A qualitative study of parents and partners’ experiences
Brown, C. J., Webb, T. L., Robinson, M. A., & Cotgreave, R. (2018) · Psychology of sport and exercise · doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.09.005 · Cited by 55
Hu, Y., Ye, B., & Im, H. (2021) · Personality and Individual Differences · doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.110831 · Cited by 42
“Adaptive personal resources (e.g., hope) can foster the process of appraising stressful events and maintaining a manageable level of stress with which one may grow from (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009).”
Integrating Cultural Relevance into a Behavioral mHealth Intervention for Native American Youth
Vigil-Hayes, M., Collier, A. F., Hagemann, S., Castillo, G., Mikkelson, K., Dingman, J., Muñoz, A., Luther, J., & McLaughlin, A. (2021) · Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction · doi:10.1145/3449239 · Cited by 43
“They also typically integrate CBT and mindfulness approaches towards problem-solving and coping; enhance social and interpersonal competency; capitalize on strengths; and enhance values-based goals [50, 72, 84, 85].”
BackgroundMenculini, G., Albert, U., Bianchini, V., Carmassi, C., Carrà, G., Cirulli, F., Dell’Osso, B. M., Fabrazzo, M., Perris, F., Sampogna, G., et al. (2021) · European Psychiatry · doi:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2263 · Cited by 48
“PTG consists of five dimensions [65]: (a) changes in how people relate with others (i.”
BackgroundBoehm, A., Eisenberg, E., & Lampel, S. (2011) · The Clinical Journal of Pain · doi:10.1097/ajp.0b013e3181fdabcf · Cited by 41
Predictors of post-traumatic growth in stroke survivors
Kelly, G., Morris, R., & Shetty, H. (2018) · Disability and Rehabilitation · doi:10.1080/09638288.2017.1363300 · Cited by 43
“No studies of stroke survivors have examined social support and PTG, but studies of other traumata produced mixed findings for the relationship of social support and PTG [25,28,62,64].”
Wang, S., Zhao, Y., & Li, J. (2023) · Journal of Affective Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.jad.2023.01.022 · Cited by 47
“Second, we examined the possible effect of family SES on our findings because family SES has been found to be linked with grit (Kwon, 2017), brain FC (Farah, 2018) and PTG (Prati and Pietrantoni, 2009).”
BackgroundTsai, J., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2017) · Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica · doi:10.1111/acps.12800 · Cited by 50
“Social resources can be called upon to cope with adversity, and our findings are consistent with several previous studies that have found social support to be moderately related to PTG (53, 54); emotional support seems to particularly predict PTG (55).”
ResultLeung, Y. W., Alter, D. A., Prior, P. L., Stewart, D. E., Irvine, J., & Grace, S. L. (2012) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.12.011 · Cited by 40
“their interactions with others in response to a health-related trauma [5–8].”
BackgroundReligious Coping as Moderator of Psychological Responses to Stressful Events: A Longitudinal Study
García, F. E., Páez, D., Reyes‐Reyes, A., & Alvarez, R. B. (2017) · Religions · doi:10.3390/rel8040062 · Cited by 41
“Meta-analyses by Helgeson, Reynolds and Tomich [4] and by Prati and Pietrantoni [5] identify religiosity as one of the factors associated to the development of PTG.”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialCoping and posttraumatic growth: A longitudinal comparison of two alternative views.
Kunz, S., Joseph, S., Geyh, S., & Peter, C. (2018) · Rehabilitation Psychology · doi:10.1037/rep0000205 · Cited by 50
Gärtner, A., Behnke, A., Conrad, D., Kolassa, I., & Rojas, R. (2019) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02744 · Cited by 47
“In addition, reappraisal and acceptance were found to promote post-traumatic growth (Prati and Pietrantoni, 2009).”
BackgroundResultRaccanello, D., Rocca, E., Barnaba, V., Vicentini, G., Hall, R., & Brondino, M. (2022) · Child & Youth Care Forum · doi:10.1007/s10566-022-09677-x · Cited by 52
“…along with studies on the relation between coping strategies and psychological consequences of disasters (Bokszczanin, 2012; Papadatou et al., 2012; Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009; Stratta et al., 2013; Tang et al., 2014; Terranova et al., 2009; Vigil & Geary, 2008; Wang & Gan, 2011), taking into…”
BackgroundInfluentialWhat makes a thriver? Unifying the concepts of posttraumatic and postecstatic growth
Mangelsdorf, J., & Eid, M. (2015) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00813 · Cited by 39
Yeung, N. C. Y., Wong, E. L., Cheung, A. W.-L., Leung, C. S. Y., Yeoh, E., & Wong, S. Y. S. (2022) · European Journal of Psychotraumatology · doi:10.1080/20008198.2021.2005346 · Cited by 39
“Those stressors and coping processes have been found to be associated with adjustment outcomes (including PTG) (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009).”
BackgroundResultFinding character strengths through loss: An extension of Peterson and Seligman (2003)
Schueller, S. M., Jayawickreme, E., Blackie, L. E. R., Forgeard, M. J. C., & Roepke, A. M. (2014) · The Journal of Positive Psychology · doi:10.1080/17439760.2014.920405 · Cited by 41
“…negative experiences in order to grow (Joseph & Linley, 2005), and the processes of self-disclosure, deliberate rumination, and social support may help people to cognitively process trauma in adaptive ways (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009; Taku, Calhoun, Cann, & Tedeschi, 2008; Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004).”
BackgroundXu, W., Jiang, H., Zhou, Y., Zhou, L., & Fu, H. C. (2019) · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease · doi:10.1097/nmd.0000000000000926 · Cited by 39
Trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder among regional journalists in Pakistan
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Relational and Growth Outcomes Following Couples Therapy With MDMA for PTSD
Wagner, A. C., Liebman, R. E., Mithoefer, A. T., Mithoefer, M. C., & Monson, C. M. (2021) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2021.702838 · Cited by 38
Experiences of posttraumatic growth in siblings of children with cancer
D’Urso, A., Mastroyannopoulou, K., & Kirby, A. (2016) · Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry · doi:10.1177/1359104516660749 · Cited by 38
“Several studies have highlighted strong correlations between social support and PTG (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009).”
BackgroundEmotional reactivity, coping style and cancer trauma symptoms
Oniszczenko, W., & Laskowska, A. (2013) · Archives of Medical Science · doi:10.5114/aoms.2013.33069 · Cited by 37
“On the other hand, a meta-analysis by Prati and Pietrantoni [34] showed that resorting to religion and positive reevaluation of the situation, a form of coping, have a positive effect on post-traumatic development.”
BackgroundInfluentialOptimism and Hope After Multiple Disasters: Relationships to Health-Related Quality of Life
Cherry, K. E., Sampson, L., Galea, S., Marks, L. D., Nezat, P. F., Baudoin, K. H., & Lyon, B. A. (2016) · Journal of Loss and Trauma · doi:10.1080/15325024.2016.1187047 · Cited by 37
“Further, positive religious coping has been linked to posttraumatic growth (e.g., Chan & Rhodes, 2013; Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009).”
BackgroundRzeszutek, M. (2017) · European Journal of Psychotraumatology · doi:10.1080/20008198.2017.1412225 · Cited by 43
“…(BSSS) 和积极消极情感量表（PANAS-X）。一共进行三次测量，第一次有129名被试， 第二次106名，有82名（63.6%）全部参加了三次施测。 结果：社会支持的所有维度和PTG 之间正相关都被积极情感中介了。负性情感和PTG 之间 没有关联。选出的社会-医学协变量（性别、就业、高教育水平、稳定关系和HIV/AIDS 状 况）都和社会支持以及PTG 相关。 结论：本研究指出需要更多的关注HIV/AIDS 的积极情感的研究，特别是PTG。更具体 的，着重于增加和保持PLWH积极情感的干预方法应该附加在传统的对这个病人群体的心 理健康筛查中。 More than two…”
InfluentialPosttraumatic growth in low-income Black mothers who survived Hurricane Katrina.
Manove, E. E., Lowe, S. R., Bonumwezi, J., Preston, J., Waters, M. C., & Rhodes, J. E. (2019) · American Journal of Orthopsychiatry · doi:10.1037/ort0000398 · Cited by 37
“A number of studies have found that social support (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009), religiosity (Chan & Rhodes, 2013), and trauma-related self-disclosure (Taku, Tedeschi, Cann, & Calhoun, 2009) are relevant to PTG.”
Gil, S., & Weinberg, M. (2015) · Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy · doi:10.1037/tra0000032 · Cited by 37
Tuncay, T., & Musabak, I. (2015) · Journal of Social Service Research · doi:10.1080/01488376.2015.1033584 · Cited by 38
“While a limited number of previous studies have reported a univariate association between coping strategies and PTG in various populations (e.g., Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009; Scrignaro, Barni, & Magrin, 2011), it is important that within multivariate analyses, coping strategies retain their…”
BackgroundPosttraumatic Growth and HIV: A Study on Associations of Stigma and Social Support
Zeligman, M. R., Barden, S. M., & Hagedorn, W. B. (2016) · Journal of Counseling & Development · doi:10.1002/jcad.12071 · Cited by 37
Pakenham, K. I., & Cox, S. D. (2018) · Journal of Child and Family Studies · doi:10.1007/s10826-018-1088-2 · Cited by 36
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Hassija, C. M., & Turchik, J. A. (2016) · Journal of Loss and Trauma · doi:10.1080/15325024.2015.1011976 · Cited by 41
“…survivors, posttraumatic growth has been associated with enhanced quality of life, meaning in one’s life, benefit finding, life satisfaction, and use of adaptive coping strategies, such as positive appraisal and religious coping (e.g., Cann, Calhoun, & Tedschi, 2010; Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009).”
BackgroundHogan, K., Clarke, V., & Ward, T. J. (2021) · Counselling and Psychotherapy Research · doi:10.1002/capr.12409 · Cited by 36
Study, F. T. L. H. A., Stanko, K. E., Cherry, K. E., Ryker, K. S., Mughal, F., Marks, L. D., Brown, J. S., Gendusa, P., Sullivan, M. C., Bruner, J., et al. (2015) · Current Psychology · doi:10.1007/s12144-015-9366-2 · Cited by 38
Posttraumatic Growth: Challenges from a Cross-Cultural Viewpoint
Vázquez, C., Pérez-Sales, P., & Ochoa, C. (2014) · Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology · doi:10.1007/978-94-017-8669-0_4 · Cited by 35
Oh, S., Litam, S. D. A., & Chang, C. Y. (2022) · International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling · doi:10.1007/s10447-022-09494-w · Cited by 38
“…role of coping in the links between racial discrimination, mental health, and stress related growth (SRG) among Asian Americans (Litam, 2020; Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009; Tweed & Conway, 2006), only four studies examined whether different coping responses served as protective factors of…”
BackgroundCommonly-defined and individually-defined posttraumatic growth in the US and Japan
Taku, K. (2011) · Personality and Individual Differences · doi:10.1016/j.paid.2011.04.002 · Cited by 36
Lavy, S., Littman‐Ovadia, H., & Boiman-Meshita, M. (2016) · Journal of Career Assessment · doi:10.1177/1069072716665861 · Cited by 38
“…can follow two paths: The first path is related to helping individuals cope more effectively with stressors and life hurdles such as trauma (McDonough, Sabiston, & Wrosch, 2014; Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009) and perceived stress (e.g., Carr & Umberson, 2013; Razurel, Kaiser, Sellenet, & Epiney, 2013).”
BackgroundReligion-specific resources for meaning-making from suffering: defining the territory
Hall, M. E. L., Shannonhouse, L., Aten, J. D., McMartin, J., & Silverman, E. J. (2018) · Mental Health Religion & Culture · doi:10.1080/13674676.2018.1448770 · Cited by 38
“…2006), religious pathways are more strongly linked to perceptions that one has grown than non-religious pathways (Park, Edmondson, & Blank, 2009), and religious coping is the strongest predictor of positive psychological change after extremely stressful events (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009).”
Background
Metadata
- Authors
- Prati, G., & Pietrantoni, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Bologna (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Prati, Gabriele
- Venue
- Journal of Loss and Trauma
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2009-08-26
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 364-388
- ISSN
- 1532-5024 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-5032
- OpenAlex
- W1965613249
- Cited by
- 978
- References
- 135
- Citations by year
- 2026: 39 · 2025: 68 · 2024: 75 · 2023: 69 · 2022: 107 · 2021: 93 · 2020: 69 · 2019: 61 · 2018: 69 · 2017: 63 · 2016: 59 · 2015: 54 · 2014: 56 · 2013: 44 · 2012: 26
- FWCI
- 2.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Loss and Trauma (publishedVersion)
- Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion)
- INFM-OAR (INFN Catania) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Keywords
- posttraumatic growth, optimism, social support, coping strategies, religious coping, positive reappraisal, spirituality, social support seeking, acceptance coping, benefit finding, gender differences, age differences, time since trauma
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