title: What Determines Posttraumatic Stress and Growth Following Various Traumatic Events? A Study in a Turkish Community Sample.
abstract: This study aimed to examine the roles of personality traits, traumatic event types, coping, rumination, and social support in explaining posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) in a representative community sample of 498 Turkish adults. The results of 2 multiple regression analyses showed that PTS was associated with neuroticism, experiencing events involving intentional/assaultive violence, intrusive and deliberate rumination, and fatalistic coping. In contrast, PTG was related to conscientiousness, openness to experience, injury/shocking and sudden-death type of events, deliberate rumination, problem-solving coping, and perceived social support. When all variables were entered into the equation, almost two thirds of the variability (R2= .64) in the severity of PTS and more than one third of the variability (R2= .40) in PTG was explained. The findings can aid in the development of psychosocial support programs for individuals experiencing traumatic events.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Gediz University, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ervin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gul
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: A Nuray
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Karanci
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003645:Death, Sudden; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000075384:Neuroticism; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D000074222:Rumination, Cognitive; D012944:Social Support; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D014421:Turkey; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult