title: An Integrated Model of Posttraumatic Stress and Growth.
abstract: A number of recent models have examined cognitive predictors of posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth (S. Barton, A. Boals, & L. Knowles, 2013; J. Groleau, L. Calhoun, A. Cann, & G. Tedeschi, 2013; K. N. Triplett, R. G. Tedeschi, A. Cann, L. G. Calhoun, & C. L. Reeve, 2012). The current study examined an integrated model of predictors of distress and perceived growth in 194 college undergraduates. Domains covered included the roles of core belief challenge, event centrality, posttrauma cognitions, and event-related rumination. Negative cognitions about the self and the centrality of the event directly predicted both growth and distress, although intrusive rumination predicted only posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and deliberate rumination predicted only posttraumatic growth. Future research should continue to examine the shared and unique predictors of postevent growth and distress.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Drake University , Des Moines , Iowa , USA.
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lancaster
authors.forename: Keith R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Cyrus
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nadia
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Szabo
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mogerman
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011340:Problem Solving; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D060685:Sense of Coherence; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013850:Thinking; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: cognitive processes; coping; posttraumatic growth; posttraumatic stress