title: [The role of coping strategies in posttraumatic growth in medical rescue workers].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of the research was to investigate the role of coping strategies with stress in posttraumatic growth in a group of medical rescue workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data on 80 medical rescuers who had experienced traumatic event in their worksite were analyzed. The age of the participants ranged from 21 to 67 years (M= 35.47; SD = 10.21). The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory and Inventory to Measure Coping Strategies with Stress - Mini-Cope were used in the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results revealed that the strategy "turning to religion" plays the major role in posttraumatic growth.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the process of emerging positive changes posttraumatic growth avoidance strategies seem to play more important role than strategies focused on the problem itself.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ogińska-Bulik
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D018635:Rescue Work; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support; D029181:Spirituality; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult