Investigating the Veracity of Self-Perceived Posttraumatic Growth: A Profile Analysis Approach to Corroboration
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Research into posttraumatic growth—positive psychological change that people report in their relationships, priorities in life, and self-perception after experiences of adversity—has been severely critiqued. We investigated the degree to which community members’ friends and relatives corroborated targets’ self-perceived positive and negative changes as measured by the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory-42. We found corroboration only for negative changes when we examined overall (averaged) scores. However, using a profile analysis procedure, we found significant participant–informant agreement on the domains of change that had relatively higher scores in the target’s profile and those that had relatively lower scores. Our results demonstrate that informants were able to observe that targets had changed and were sensitive to the idiosyncratic ways in which these changes had manifested in targets’ behavior.
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Researchers developed scales covering positive and negative changes, encouraging more balanced assessments.
“Po pierwsze, badacze opracowali skale obejmujące zmiany pozytywne inegatywne, zachęcające do bardziej zrównoważonych ocen.”
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Longitudinal studies were introduced to examine the relationship between change before and after the event.
“Po drugie, wprowadzono badania podłużne, aby zbadać związek między zmianą przed ipo zdarzeniu.”
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Researchers assessed agreement between participants' own assessments of change and reports from family members and friends about the event.
“Po trzecie, badacze oceniali zgodność pomiędzy własnymi ocenami zmian, dokonywanymi przez uczestników badań, araportami członków rodziny iprzyjaciół na temat zdarzenia.”
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Results showed agreement between the assessments of subjects and their relatives and contradicted the thesis that the reported change was only illusory.
“Wyniki ukazały zgodność oceny osób badanych iich bliskich oraz zaprzeczyły tezie, jakoby zgłaszana zmiana była tylko iluzoryczna.”
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Researchers caution that the results may also stem from a shared positive attitude of subjects and their relatives, resulting from the belief that the relative copes well with adversity.
“Badacze, przekazując uzyskane wyniki, poddają je od razu ostrożnej krytyce, zastrzegając, że mogą one też wynikać ze wspólnego pozytywnego nastawienia osób badanych iich bliskich, wynikającego zwiary, że osoba bliska dobrze znosi przeciwności losu.”
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- Authors
- Blackie, L. E. R., Jayawickreme, E., Helzer, E. G., Forgeard, M. J. C., & Roepke, A. M.
- Affiliations
- Wake Forest University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Corresponding author
- Blackie, Laura E. R.
- Venue
- Social Psychological and Personality Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2015-05-22
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 788-796
- ISSN
- 1948-5506 (ISSN-L)
- 1948-5514
- OpenAlex
- W1913830251
- Cited by
- 31
- References
- 45
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 3.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- Social Psychological and Personality Science (publishedVersion)
- Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
- Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Keywords
- posttraumatic growth, self-perception, Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, profile analysis, adversity, measurement validity
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