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Developmental Issues for Young Adults With Cancer
Published in Sarah F. Kurker, Effective Group Therapies for Young Adults Affected by Cancer, 2021
Becoming a member of a group is an example of post-traumatic growth. Through their ability to positively process their trauma, many young adult survivors are motivated to take their experience and give back. “Post-traumatic growth occurs when the awareness of vulnerability is accompanied y an augmented sense of becoming more capable and self-reliant and when individuals are able to find new meanings in life and social relationships” (Arpawong, Oland, Milam, Ruccione, & Meeske, 2013, p. 1002). They are asked by those medical professionals who shared their journey to encourage and provide hope for other young adults going through cancer. Some even go beyond and continue to inspire through community organizations and volunteering at camps or events that they attended while they were in treatment.
The Upside of Sports Injury and Disability
Published in Adam Gledhill, Dale Forsdyke, The Psychology of Sports Injury, 2021
Chris Hammer, Leslie Podlog, Adam Gledhill
In an effort to capture benefits or positive adaptations following injury and disability, researchers have employed various terms, for example stress-related growth, posttraumatic growth, adversarial growth and benefit finding (Park & Lechner, 2006). As indicated, our use of the term ‘personal growth’ is used in the broadest sense to capture growth experiences among individuals sustaining injuries of a greater or lesser severity. Such verbiage is consistent with arguments advanced by Rubio et al. (2020) who recently suggested that research on growth following sport-related injuries is plagued with conceptual confusion, interchangeable use of terms that may or may not be similar in nature and a lack of clear consensus on the domains of growth. Building on arguments advanced by Wadey et al. (2011), Rubio et al. (2020) suggested that researchers have on occasion used the term posttraumatic growth to examine phenomena that may not be ‘traumatic’ in nature. Wadey et al. (2011) argued that use of the term posttraumatic growth should be reserved for individuals experiencing life-altering events (e.g. loss of a loved one, a near fatal accident, wartime experiences), rather than those of a lesser severity (e.g. a sport injury). Moreover, Rubio et al. (2020) suggested that discrepancies exist regarding the number of growth domains or benefits reported across sport injury studies, with some identifying as few as 3 overarching domains (Salim et al., 2015) and others reporting as many as 19 factors (Wadey et al., 2011).
Dreaming and mental health
Published in Josie Malinowski, The Psychology of Dreaming, 2020
Trauma doesn’t affect everyone the same way. For some people, it is possible to recover and to continue with life without the event having a major impact on their lives afterwards. Some may even experience post-traumatic growth: to adapt in such a way that subsequent living is improved, perhaps in terms of having a greater appreciation for life. But for others, post-trauma life can become a literal nightmare. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may follow trauma for some, and this is very often accompanied by frequent, incredibly distressing nightmares.
“We survived the pandemic together”: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian families living with chronic pain
Published in Canadian Journal of Pain, 2023
Tieghan Killackey, Sabine Soltani, Melanie Noel, Kathryn A. Birnie, Manon Choinière, M. Gabrielle Pagé, Lise Dassieu, Anaïs Lacasse, Chitra Lalloo, Patricia Poulin, Samina Ali, Krista Baerg, Marco Battaglia, Fiona Campbell, Vina Mohabir, Fareha Nishat, Rachel Kelly, Tatiana Lund, Ariane Isaac-Bertrand, Myles Benayon, Isabel Jordan, Jennifer Stinson
Although the COVID-19 pandemic created many barriers for youth living with pain and their families navigating the health care system, families found ways to adapt to their new reality and emerged with a sense of resilience and cohesion. This is consistent with current literature that focuses on posttraumatic growth after experiencing adversity.67 Posttraumatic growth involves building resilience and thriving when faced with adverse experiences and is supported by ordinary adaptive systems such as relationships with family and peers, community support, and opportunities to succeed and build self-efficacy.68 In the present study, youth with pain and their families reported increased self-efficacy and confidence in self-management skills as the pandemic progressed, which aligns with current literature in other populations with chronic disease.69–72 Chronic pain self-management techniques include learning skills to self-regulate, adapting to changing levels of ability, and continuing to persist in the face of pain, and individuals who had self-management skills coped better with their condition during the pandemic.70,71,73
Developing and Evaluating an Online Post-Traumatic Growth Program for Firefighters
Published in Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2023
As our program was based on the theoretical framework proposed by Calhoun and Tedeschi (2004), we focused on its compositional factors, including post-traumatic growth, intrusive rumination, deliberate rumination, and changes in social support. Thus, we confirmed that our program effectively promoted post-traumatic growth in firefighters. For one, expressive writing increases one’s ability to regulate emotions about traumatic events by repeatedly expressing profound thoughts and feelings (Tonarelli et al., 2017). This practice can also improve physical and psychological health by changing undesirable avoidance thinking, wherein the affected individual does not want to face the event (Niles et al. 2014). In previous studies, expressive writing interventions have reduced distress, improved health, and increased wellbeing (Tonarelli et al., 2017). Moreover, research has shown that expressive writing can increase self-perceived post-traumatic growth (Roepke et al., 2017). In sum, it is a promising method for individual engagement and promoting different types of cognitive processing and positive outcomes (Tonarelli et al., 2017) and is, therefore, suitable for post-traumatic growth interventions.
New group memberships formed after an acquired brain injury and posttraumatic growth: A prospective study
Published in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 2022
Siobhán M. Griffin, Elaine L. Kinsella, Daragh Bradshaw, Grace McMahon, Alastair Nightingale, Donal G. Fortune, Orla T. Muldoon
Over the past two decades, research has accumulated to show that positive growth, often referred to posttraumatic growth (PTG), may be possible after ABI (for a review see; Kinsella et al., 2015). Posttraumatic growth typically arises when a person appraises an adverse event, such as an ABI, in a way that allows them to find benefits arising from the experience and this in turn has positive downstream effects on psychological well-being and functional behaviour (e.g., Joseph, 2011; McGrath, 2004). Posttraumatic growth is evidenced where positive changes occur in a person's relationships (e.g., a greater connection to others and greater compassion for others), their self-view (e.g., greater appreciation of oneself, greater awareness of future possibilities), and their life philosophy (e.g., greater clarity about what is important in life), after the experience of an adverse life event (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004). After an ABI, people who have experienced PTG have reported making family a priority, having an increased appreciation of life, acting with more consideration and kindness towards others, and taking up new hobbies and interests (Pais-Hrit et al., 2020). Importantly then, PTG is different from recovery as it involves moving beyond pre-trauma baseline levels of psychological functioning (Janoff-Bulman, 2004; Lepore & Revenson, 2006). Evidence of PTG has been observed a few months after a brain injury, but also in individuals who experienced a brain injury as much as 29 years previous (Baseotto et al., 2022; Pais-Hrit et al., 2020; Rogan et al., 2013; Silva et al., 2011).