Shattered Assumptions: Towards a New Psychology of Trauma

Does high self-esteem cause better performance, interpersonal success, happiness, or healthier lifestyles?

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Constructive and unconstructive repetitive thought

Watkins, E. R. (2008) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.134.2.163 · Cited by 2,421

Positive affect and the other side of coping.

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Positive change following trauma and adversity: A review

Linley, P. A., & Joseph, S. (2004) · Journal of Traumatic Stress · doi:10.1023/b:jots.0000014671.27856.7e · Cited by 2,260

Sensemaking in organizations: Taking stock and moving forward

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Meaning in the context of stress and coping

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The Science of Mind Wandering: Empirically Navigating the Stream of Consciousness

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Emotion Elicits the Social Sharing of Emotion: Theory and Empirical Review

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Positive affect and the experience of meaning in life.

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The Empirical Status of Empirically Supported Psychotherapies: Assumptions, Findings, and Reporting in Controlled Clinical Trials.

Westen, D., Novotny, C. M., & Thompson-Brenner, H. (2004) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.130.4.631 · Cited by 1,212

Psychological theories of posttraumatic stress disorder

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More than a feeling: A unified view of stress measurement for population science

Epel, E. S., Crosswell, A. D., Mayer, S. E., Prather, A. A., Slavich, G. M., Puterman, E., & Mendes, W. B. (2018) · Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.yfrne.2018.03.001 · Cited by 1,077

An ecological model of the impact of sexual assault on women's mental health

Campbell, R., Dworkin, E., & Cabral, G. (2009) · Trauma, Violence, & Abuse · doi:10.1177/1524838009334456 · Cited by 997

Purpose in Life as a System that Creates and Sustains Health and Well-Being: An Integrative, Testable Theory

McKnight, P. E., & Kashdan, T. B. (2009) · Review of General Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0017152 · Cited by 965

Rates of post-traumatic stress disorder in trauma-exposed children and adolescents: meta-analysis

Alisic, E., Zalta, A. K., van Wesel, F., Larsen, S. E., Hafstad, G. S., Hassanpour, K., & Smid, G. E. (2014) · British Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.113.131227 · Cited by 930

Resilience to loss and chronic grief: A prospective study from preloss to 18-months postloss

Bonanno, G. A., Wortman, C. B., Lehman, D. R., Tweed, R. G., Haring, M., Sonnega, J., Carr, D., & Nesse, R. M. (2002) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.83.5.1150 · Cited by 836

Loss, Grief, and the Search for Significance: Toward a Model of Meaning Reconstruction in Bereavement

Gillies, J., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2006) · Journal of Constructivist Psychology · doi:10.1080/10720530500311182 · Cited by 678

Collective Trauma and the Social Construction of Meaning

Hirschberger, G. (2018) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01441 · Cited by 581

Post–traumatic growth as positive personality change: Evidence, controversies and future directions

Jayawickreme, E., & Blackie, L. E. R. (2014) · European Journal of Personality · doi:10.1002/per.1963 · Cited by 555

Religion, spirituality, and posttraumatic growth: a systematic review

Shaw, A., Joseph, S., & Linley, P. A. (2005) · Mental Health, Religion & Culture · doi:10.1080/1367467032000157981 · Cited by 538

A Cognitive-Behavioral Conceptualization of Complicated Grief.

Boelen, P. A., van den Hout, M. A., & van den Bout, J. (2006) · Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice · doi:10.1111/j.1468-2850.2006.00013.x · Cited by 523

Narrative Identity Processing of Difficult Life Experiences: Pathways of Personality Development and Positive Self‐Transformation in Adulthood

Pals, J. L. (2006) · Journal of Personality · doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00403.x · Cited by 515

Is Suicide Bereavement Different? A Reassessment of the Literature

Jordan, J. R. (2001) · Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior · doi:10.1521/suli.31.1.91.21310 · Cited by 433

The Nature and Significance of Memory Disturbance in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Brewin, C. R. (2011) · Annual Review of Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032210-104544 · Cited by 428

Predicting posttraumatic growth in breast cancer survivors

Bellizzi, K. M., & Blank, T. O. (2006) · Health Psychology · doi:10.1037/0278-6133.25.1.47 · Cited by 416

Reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic: the influence of meaning in life, life satisfaction, and assumptions on world orderliness and positivity.

Trzebiński, J., Cabański, M., & Czarnecka, J. Z. (2020) · Journal of Loss and Trauma · doi:10.1080/15325024.2020.1765098 · Cited by 331

Making Meaning in Life

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Breast cancer as trauma: posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth

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Correlates of post-traumatic stress symptoms and growth in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis: Correlates of PTSS and PTG

Shand, L. K., Cowlishaw, S., Brooker, J. E., Burney, S., & Ricciardelli, L. A. (2015) · Psycho-Oncology · doi:10.1002/pon.3719 · Cited by 280

An affective–cognitive processing model of post-traumatic growth.

Joseph, S., Murphy, D., & Regel, S. (2012) · Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy · doi:10.1002/cpp.1798 · Cited by 270

The power of the past: Nostalgia as a meaning-making resource

Routledge, C., Wildschut, T., Sedikides, C., Juhl, J., & Arndt, J. (2012) · Memory · doi:10.1080/09658211.2012.677452 · Cited by 217

Nostalgia as a Resource for Psychological Health and Well‐Being

Routledge, C., Wildschut, T., Sedikides, C., & Juhl, J. (2013) · Social and Personality Psychology Compass · doi:10.1111/spc3.12070 · Cited by 219

Critical Issues in Psychological Autopsy Studies

Pouliot, L., & De Leo, D. (2006) · Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior · doi:10.1521/suli.2006.36.5.491 · Cited by 218

A comparison of PTSD symptom patterns in three types of civilian trauma

Kelley, L. P., Weathers, F. W., McDevitt‐Murphy, M. E., Eakin, D. E., & Flood, A. M. (2009) · Journal of Traumatic Stress · doi:10.1002/jts.20406 · Cited by 204

Collective Victimization

Vollhardt, J. R. (2012) · The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict · doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199747672.013.0009 · Cited by 204

Emotional climate, human security, and cultures of peace

De Rivera, J., & Páez, D. (2007) · Journal of Social Issues · doi:10.1111/j.1540-4560.2007.00506.x · Cited by 193

Military to civilian questionnaire: a measure of postdeployment community reintegration difficulty among veterans using Department of Veterans Affairs medical care

Sayer, N. A., Frazier, P., Orazem, R. J., Murdoch, M., Gravely, A., Carlson, K. F., Hintz, S., & Noorbaloochi, S. (2011) · Journal of Traumatic Stress · doi:10.1002/jts.20706 · Cited by 180

Evaluating the Stress-Buffering Function of Meaning in Life Among Older People

Krause, N. (2007) · Journal of Aging and Health · doi:10.1177/0898264307304390 · Cited by 154

Psychological Processes Related to Recovery from a Trauma and an Effective Treatment for PTSD

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Stories of injustice: Towards a narrative victimology

Pemberton, A., Mulder, E., & Aarten, P. G. M. (2019) · European Journal of Criminology · doi:10.1177/1477370818770843 · Cited by 137

The time course of grief reactions to spousal loss: evidence from a national probability sample

Carnelley, K. B., Wortman, C. B., Bolger, N., & Burke, C. T. (2006) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.91.3.476 · Cited by 121

Adult attachment, posttraumatic growth and negative emotions among former political prisoners

Salo, J. A., Qouta, S., & Punamäki, R.-L. (2005) · Anxiety, Stress, & Coping · doi:10.1080/10615800500289524 · Cited by 114

The therapeutic alliance in treatment of traumatized youths: Relation to outcome in a randomized clinical trial.

Ormhaug, S. M., Jensen, T. K., Wentzel-Larsen, T., & Shirk, S. R. (2014) · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0033884 · Cited by 113

Variables related to posttraumatic growth in Turkish rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Dirik, G., & Karanci, A. N. (2008) · Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings · doi:10.1007/s10880-008-9115-x · Cited by 114

A terror management perspective on the role of death-related anxiety in psychological dysfunction

Maxfield, M., John, S., & Pyszczynski, T. (2014) · The Humanistic Psychologist · doi:10.1080/08873267.2012.732155 · Cited by 108

Treating couples recovering from infidelity: An integrative approach

Gordon, K. C., Baucom, D. H., & Snyder, D. K. (2005) · Journal of Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1002/jclp.20189 · Cited by 91

Testing a model of fear of cancer recurrence or progression: the central role of intrusions, death anxiety and threat appraisal

Curran, L., Sharpe, L., MacCann, C., & Butow, P. (2020) · Journal of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1007/s10865-019-00129-x · Cited by 82

Posttraumatic Stress Among Syrian Refugees: Trauma Exposure Characteristics, Trauma Centrality, and Emotional Suppression

Chung, M. C., Shakra, M., AlQarni, N., AlMazrouei, M., Al Mazrouei, S., & Al Hashimi, S. (2018) · Psychiatry · doi:10.1080/00332747.2017.1354620 · Cited by 81

Trauma, identity and mental health in UK military veterans

Brewin, C. R., Garnett, R., & Andrews, B. (2011) · Psychological Medicine · doi:10.1017/s003329171000231x · Cited by 78

Coexistence of post-traumatic growth and post-traumatic depreciation in the aftermath of trauma: qualitative and quantitative narrative analysis.

Zięba, M., Wiecheć, K., Biegańska-Banaś, J., & Mieleszczenko-Kowszewicz, W. (2019) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00687 · Cited by 69

Narrative reconstruction and post-traumatic growth among trauma survivors: The importance of narrative in social work research and practice

Jirek, S. L. (2017) · Qualitative Social Work · doi:10.1177/1473325016656046 · Cited by 68

“Snaps”, “screenshots”, and self-blame: A qualitative study of image-based sexual abuse victimization among adolescent Danish girls

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Religious coping, general coping strategies, perceived social support, PTSD symptoms, resilience, and posttraumatic growth among survivors of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti

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Extent of trauma exposure and PTSD symptom severity as predictors of anxiety-buffer functioning

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The role of repetitive thought in determining posttraumatic growth and distress following interpersonal trauma

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Psychosocial Adaptation to Chronic Illness and Disability: An Updated and Expanded Conceptual Framework

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Terror Management Theory and Psychological Disorder

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Posttraumatic growth within the first three months after accidental injury in China: The role of self-disclosure, cognitive processing, and psychosocial resources

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Trauma and negative underlying assumptions in feelings of shame: An exploratory study.

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Posttraumatic Growth: Challenges from a Cross-Cultural Viewpoint

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Do We Know How Adversity Impacts Human Development?

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What Violent Offenders Remember of their Crime: Empirical Explorations ∗

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Language Use and Post‐Traumatic Stress Symptomatology in Parents of Pediatric Cancer Survivors1

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Exploring Posttraumatic Growth in Sierra Leone Using Mixed Methods

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Can an experimental self-efficacy induction through autobiographical recall modulate analogue posttraumatic intrusions?

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Worst Life Events and Media Exposure to Terrorism in a Nationally Representative U.S. Sample

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Self‐esteem as a monitor of fundamental psychological need satisfaction

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Mindfulness to manage moral injury: Rationale and development of a live online 7-week group intervention for veterans with moral injury

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Posttraumatic growth, posttraumatic depreciation and beyond: Exploring the applicability of quantitative measures in Sierra Leone

Steidl, A., Kamara, A., Aziz, A., & Exenberger, S. (2024) · European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation · doi:10.1016/j.ejtd.2024.100401 · Cited by 4

Fathers in and Against Pain: Father’s Interruptions of Settler-Colonial Technologies of Loss,”

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Trauma and Spirituality

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