Perceived posttraumatic growth after interpersonal trauma and subsequent well-being among young Colombian adults: A longitudinal analysis

Frontiers in Psychology

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Zhuo Job Chen¹  Andrea Ortega Bechara²  Richard G. Cowden³  Everett L. Jr Worthington⁴ 

[1] School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Charlotte;Department of Psychology, Universidad del Sinú;Human Flourishing Program, Harvard University;Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University

关键词: Psychological trauma;    posttraumatic growth;    Health;    Well-being;    Longitudinal Studies;    Colombia;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.993609

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Research has shown that people often report self-perceived growth as a result of dealing with a potentially traumatic event, but relatively few methodologically rigorous studies have examined whether perceived posttraumatic growth is associated with improved subsequent well-being across a wide range of outcomes. In this three-wave longitudinal study of Colombian emerging adults (n = 636), we examined the associations of perceived posttraumatic growth with 17 well-being outcomes across domains of psychological well-being (i.e., self-rated mental health, meaning in life, sense of purpose, happiness, life satisfaction), psychological distress (i.e., anxiety symptoms, depression symptoms, subjective suffering), social well-being (i.e., content with relationships, satisfying relationships, loneliness), physical well-being (i.e., self-rated physical health, sleep quality), and character strengths (i.e., state hope, trait forgivingness, orientation to promote good, delayed gratification). Using an outcome-wide analytic design that adjusted for a range of covariates assessed in Wave 1, we found that overall perceived posttraumatic growth assessed in Wave 2 was robustly associated with improvements in one or more facet of each well-being domain (15/17 outcomes in total) assessed approximately six months later in Wave 3. Our findings suggest that perceived posttraumatic growth may contribute to individual well-being over the longer-term.

【 授权许可】

CC BY