Personality, posttraumatic stress and trauma type: factors contributing to posttraumatic growth and its domains in a Turkish community sample

KARANCI, AYŞE; İŞIKLI, SEDAT; AKER, AHMET; Gul, Ervin; Erkan, Burcak; Ozkol, Hivren; Guzel, Hayal

doi:10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.17303

Personality, posttraumatic stress and trauma type: factors contributing to posttraumatic growth and its domains in a Turkish community sample

KARANCI A. N., İŞIKLI S., AKER A. A., Gul E. I., Erkan B. B., Ozkol H., ...Daha Fazla

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY, cilt.3, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 3
Basım Tarihi: 2012
Doi Numarası: 10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.17303
Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Posttraumatic growth (PTG) is conceptualized as a positive transformation resulting from coping with and processing traumatic life events. This study examined the contributory roles of personality traits, posttraumatic stress (PTS) severity and their interactions on PTG and its domains, as assessed with the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory Turkish form (PTGI-T). The study also examined the differences in PTG domains between survivors of accidents, natural disasters and unexpected loss of a loved one.