Strens, traumas, and trauma resolution.
With both primary and early secondary prevention in mind, this investigation sought to answer several basic questions regarding the resolution of traumas and their conversion into strens - growth-potentiating experiences. College volunteers (N = 40) described in detail their significant positive and negative experiences. The results indicate that many people did experience a trauma that was converted into a stren, and the resolution appeared to be primarily a cognitive process, usually done by the subject himself, and it most frequently occurred between 2 weeks and 4 months after the precipitating event.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000367:Age Factors; D003071:Cognition; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013997:Time Factors