Use of the revised Posttraumatic Growth Inventory for Children.
Posttraumatic growth (PTG; positive change resulting from the struggle with trauma) was examined among children impacted by Hurricane Katrina. The revised Posttraumatic Growth Inventory for Children (PTGI-C-R) assessed PTG at two time points, 12 (T1) and 22 months (T2) posthurricane. The PTGI-C-R demonstrated good reliability. Analyses focused on trauma-related variables in predicting PTG. Child-reported subjective responses to the hurricane and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) correlated with PTG at T1; however, in the regression, only PTSS significantly explained variance in PTG. At follow-up, T1 PTG was the only significant predictor of PTG. Findings suggest that the PTGI-C-R may assist efforts to understand children's responses posttrauma.
Kilmer
Ryan P
RP
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001, USA. rpkilmer@uncc.edu
Gil-Rivas
Virginia
V
Tedeschi
Richard G
RG
Cann
Arnie
A
Calhoun
Lawrence G
LG
Buchanan
Teresa
T
Taku
Kanako
K
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D055867:Cyclonic Storms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D055820:New Orleans; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires