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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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“Number of studies have indicated the role of personality traits as predictors of PTG (see Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009).”
BackgroundMarqueses, J. M. S., Fausor, R., Sanz‐García, A., García‐Vera, M. P., & Sanz, J. (2022) · Ansiedad y Estrés · doi:10.5093/anyes2022a23 · Cited by 5
“This finding is consistent with the results of the meta-analysis by Prati and Pietrantoni (2009), which found a positive linear relationship between PTG and optimism among people who had experienced a wide range of traumatic events.”
BackgroundResultPerceived COVID-19 impacts on auxiliary police in China
Chen, Y., Sun, I. Y., Wu, Y., & Han, Z. (2023) · Policing An International Journal · doi:10.1108/pijpsm-08-2022-0114 · Cited by 5
Zeng, Z., Wang, H., Zhou, Y., Lu, Z., Ci, R., Lin, Y., Zeng, X., & Huang, L. (2023) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1228259 · Cited by 5
Coping with a global crisis—Changes in worries about the Russo–Ukrainian War
Saalwirth, C., & Leipold, B. (2023) · Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being · doi:10.1111/aphw.12492 · Cited by 5
Başcıllar, M., Güre, M. D. P., & Sakarya, H. (2023) · Archives of Psychiatric Nursing · doi:10.1016/j.apnu.2023.10.006 · Cited by 6
Meaning Making Concerning Acquired Disability
Tallman, B. A., & Hoffman, A. C. (2017) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-803015-8.00009-7 · Cited by 7
Healing Strategies among Thai Buddhist Widows after Sudden of Loss of Spouse in Terrorist Attacks
Wichaidit, S., Songwathana, P., Balthip, K., & Woods, M. (2018) · Walailak Journal of Science and Technology · doi:10.48048/wjst.2019.4051 · Cited by 2
“This is similar to Prati and Pietrantoni [21], who conducted a meta-analysis on factors associated with post-traumatic growth; it was found that religious coping and positive reappraisal coping were strongly correlated with growth.”
Result‘Room of Gloom’: Reconceptualising Mothers of Children with Disabilities as Experiencing Trauma
Emerson, A. (2019) · Journal of Loss and Trauma · doi:10.1080/15325024.2019.1658946 · Cited by 6
“If you and I and our Lord . . .”: A qualitative study of religious coping in Hodgkin’s disease
Torbjørnsen, T., Pargäment, K. I., Stifoss‐Hanssen, H., Hestad, K. A., & Danbolt, L. J. (2021) · Archive for the Psychology of Religion · doi:10.1177/0084672420983482 · Cited by 9
“Positive religious coping, for instance, has emerged as a robust predictor of stress-related growth (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009), well-being over time among African Americans (Park et al., 2017), and mental health among members of diverse religious groups (Abu-Raiya & Pargament, 2015).”
BackgroundCarter, L., Brooks, M., & Graham‐Kevan, N. (2021) · Violence and Victims · doi:10.1891/vv-d-20-00022 · Cited by 5
Assess and Address Vestiges of Childhood Trauma in the Social Work Classroom
Lyter, S. C. (2021) · Social Work Research · doi:10.1093/swr/svab008 · Cited by 11
Lamp, K. E. (2013) · Loyola eCommons (Loyola University of Chicago) · Cited by 5
Bereavement photography, volunteering, and posttraumatic growth: A mixed-methods investigation
Vivekananda, K., Ong, U., Wurf, G., D’Souza, L., Giosserano, R., & Licqurish, S. (2022) · Death Studies · doi:10.1080/07481187.2022.2067264 · Cited by 5
“Specific factors that may contribute to PTG include social support, reappraisal, meaning making/spirituality, optimism and psychological distress (Cadell et al., 2003, Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009).”
BackgroundThe Effects of Social Support on Disaster Resilience: Focusing on Disaster Victims
Lee, D. W. (2022) · International Journal of Public Administration · doi:10.1080/01900692.2022.2093365 · Cited by 5
“It also strengthens the individual’s interventional roles, allowing them to relieve stress from the outside world (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009).”
BackgroundGarcía, F. E., Andrades, M., Rodríguez, F., Díaz, Z., Alarcón, S., Fonseca, I. C. S., & Lucero, C. (2022) · Actualidades en Psicología · doi:10.15517/ap.v36i132.45386 · Cited by 7
Schetsche, C. (2022) · Консультативная психология и психотерапия · doi:10.17759/cpp.2022300105 · Cited by 4
“More recent studies reaffirm this: A meta-analysis not only demonstrated that social support predicted post-traumatic growth but also that this effect did not diminish in studies with longitudinal designs [27].”
ResultWeems, C. F., & Neill, E. L. (2020) · Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry · doi:10.1007/s40501-020-00206-y · Cited by 5
Schäfer, S. K., Fritz, J., Sopp, M. R., Kunzler, A. M., von Boros, L., Tüscher, O., Göritz, A. S., Lieb, K., & Michael, T. (2023) · doi:10.31219/osf.io/evkw5 · Cited by 5
Steidl, A., Kamara, A., Aziz, A., & Exenberger, S. (2024) · European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation · doi:10.1016/j.ejtd.2024.100401 · Cited by 4
Öztosun, A., Kuşci, İ., & Eldeleklioğlu, J. (2024) · Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology · doi:10.35365/ctjpp.24.4.03 · Cited by 4
Kelada, L., Roziner, I., Dahabre, R., Bentley, G., Poikonen‐Saksela, P., Mazzocco, K., Sousa, B., & Pat‐Horenczyk, R. (2025) · Psycho-Oncology · doi:10.1002/pon.70126 · Cited by 4
“For example, spirituality and religiosity as well as personality traits such as optimism, resilience, and openness to experience have been found to be related to PTG [20, 38], and may be important to measure in future research.”
Sanaullah (2025) · Transcultural Psychiatry · doi:10.1177/13634615251355387 · Cited by 5
“Such understanding of the situation positively affects the process of growth (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009; Rzeszutek et al., 2017; Zoellner & Maercker, 2006).”
InfluentialYabut, H. J., Cruz, Embalsado, J. V. M., Montano, R. L. T., & Aruta, J. J. B. R. (2025) · Mental Health Religion & Culture · doi:10.1080/13674676.2024.2425999 · Cited by 4
Leclerc, M.-È., Paradis, A., Dewar, M., & Fortin, C. A. (2020) · European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation · doi:10.1016/j.ejtd.2020.100188 · Cited by 7
Moghadam, A. H. (2021) · Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery · doi:10.32598/jhnm.31.4.2102 · Cited by 5
“This finding is consistent with the results of other similar studies [1, 4, 11, 12].”
BackgroundResultInfluentialKheradmand, M., Zadafshar, S., Davanloo, F. A., & Yazdkhasti, F. (2021) · فصلنامه روان شناسی کاربردی · doi:10.52547/apsy.2021.222392.1070 · Cited by 5
When do unfair victims become more prosocial? Benefiting from growth beliefs
Shi, R., Chen, Y., Qi, W., Shen, W., & Liu, S. (2022) · Current Psychology · doi:10.1007/s12144-021-02635-1 · Cited by 4
“Victims also perceive themselves as having benefited in some ways from their adversity (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009).”
BackgroundPost-Traumatic Growth: A Paradigm for Psychological Change
Taylor, E. M. (2023) · Journal of Student Research · doi:10.47611/jsr.v11i4.1720 · Cited by 6
Post traumatic growth among military enroute care nurses: A secondary analysis
Yoder, L. H., Ferro, A. L., & Rivers, F. (2023) · Archives of Psychiatric Nursing · doi:10.1016/j.apnu.2023.05.001 · Cited by 4
The role of coping strategies in subjective wellbeing indicators of non-profit workers
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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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