Examining the relationship between resilience and posttraumatic growth.
To extend the literature the present study aims to examine the interrelationships between resilience (defined by a lack of posttraumatic stress disorder following trauma) and posttraumatic growth. Two studies were conducted of Israeli: (a) adolescents exposed to terror (N = 2908), and (b) citizens and army personnel following the second Lebanon War (N = 588). Across studies the results showed that high levels of resilience were associated with the lowest posttraumatic growth scores. The results imply that although growth and resilience are both salutogenic constructs they are inversely related. The theoretical and clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
Levine
Stephen Z
SZ
Renata Adler Research Center for Child Welfare and Protection, Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. levins@biu.ac.il
Laufer
Avital
A
Stein
Einat
E
Hamama-Raz
Yaira
Y
Solomon
Zahava
Z
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007861:Lebanon; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult