Posttraumatic Growth Inventory--Georgian Version

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lili Khechuashvili
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth Inventory

scholarly journals Personal transformation in chronic physical disease: Conceptual limitations of the posttraumatic growth construct

Psihologija ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutz Wittmann ◽  
Stefan Büchi
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Lupus Erythematosus ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Personal Transformation ◽  
Physical Disease ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth Inventory ◽  
Standardized Measure ◽  
Subjective Appraisals

This quantitative-qualitative case study focuses on processes of personal transformation in chronic physical disease in order to further our understanding of the posttraumatic growth construct. Semistructured interviews were conducted with women suffering from Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. The validity of the posttraumatic growth construct is assessed comparing results obtained by a standardized measure (Posttraumatic Growth Inventory) to individual pictorial and verbal depictions of personal transformation processes. Detailed examinations of three cases evidenced the validity of subjective appraisals of posttraumatic growth. Also, the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory covered all facets of positive growth processes as portrayed by individual depictions. However, the concept of posttraumatic growth neglects negatively evaluated processes of personal transformation. The consequences of this conceptual bias are discussed with respect to clinical care as well as contradictory results seen in empirical research. Posttraumatic loss and destruction is suggested as a second dimension for the representation of personal transformation in chronic physical disease.

scholarly journals Attitude to Support the Child's Subjective Position and Posttraumatic Growth in Parents of Children with Disabilities

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
A.B. Kholmogorova ◽  
A.I. Sergienko ◽  
A.A. Gerasimova
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
Proximal Development ◽  
The World ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth Inventory ◽  
Position Questionnaire

The paper considers the birth of a child with disability as a crisis and traumatic situation for parents. It focuses on the importance of cooperative orientation in the upbringing process, both for the child’s mental health and social adaptation and for overcoming the crisis and making post-traumatic personal growth in the parents possible. We present results of the validation of the ‘Parental Support of the Disabled Child’s Subjective Position’ questionnaire aimed at identifying the parent’s attitude to recognise and support the child’s independence and constructive initiative in various activities and provide him with the necessary assistance in his zone of proximal development. The factor structure was tested on a sample of 201 subjects (mothers of children with mental disabilities) aged 25 to 50 years (average age 39.6 years) by means of confirmatory factor analysis. As a result, a version that included one scale of 12 points was substantiated (Cronbach alpha 0.8). Converged validity was assessed on a sample of 107 subjects (mothers of children with disabilities) using the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory by R. Tedeschi and L. Calhoun in the adaptation by M.Sh. Magomed-Eminova and the World Assumptions Scale by R. Janoff-Bulman in the adaptation of O.A. Kravtsova. A positive relationship was found between the indicators of the ‘Parental Support of the Disabled Child’s Subjective Position’ questionnaire and the indicators of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, as well as with the basic assumptions concerning the benevolence of the world, self worth and the ability to handle emerging problems. It was also revealed that more emotionally stable parents (with low scores on the Beck Depression Inventory) support their child's subjective position more frequently. The findings are illustrated by excerpts from structural interviews with mothers of children with disabilities.

Posttraumatic Growth Inventory for Children—Revised

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan P. Kilmer ◽  
Virginia Gil-Rivas ◽  
Richard G. Tedeschi ◽  
Arnie Cann ◽  
Lawrence G. Calhoun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth Inventory

The Meaning of Bonds: The Relationships Among Grief Rituals, Support From Relatives and Friends, and the Mental Health of Shiduers

2020 ◽  
pp. 003022282090965
Author(s):  
Yudi Zhang ◽  
Xiaoming Jia
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Prolonged Grief ◽  
Grief Support ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth Inventory

Previous studies have sporadically explored the effect of various bonds on the mental health of shiduers (i.e., parents who lost their only child). However, research has rarely classified different bonds to systematically describe their effects. This study administered a self-compiled questionnaire, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, the posttraumatic stress disorder Checklist, the Prolonged Grief Questionnaire, the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, and the Adult Dispositional Hope Scale to 466 shiduers. The commemoration rituals that occur soon after the loss predict a lower level of posttraumatic stress disorder. Similarly, the commemoration rituals that occur on special days predict lower levels of depression and anxiety. In contrast, the continuation of commemoration rituals on ordinary days predicts higher levels of depression and prolonged grief. Support from family members and relatives, other shiduers, and nonshiduer friends are all beneficial to shiduers’ mental health.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory in a sample of Brazilian university students

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 292-299
Author(s):  
Thiago Loreto Garcia da Silva ◽  
Victoria Guimarães Ramos ◽  
Julia Candia Donat ◽  
Fernando Rainho de Oliveira ◽  
Gustavo Gauer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Big Five Model ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth Inventory

Abstract Objective: To examine psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI). Method: A total of 300 university students were evaluated though instruments that investigated trauma history, depression and posttraumatic symptoms, and personality traits through the Big Five model. Pearson's correlation was used to assess internal consistency, inter-item reliability and construct validity. Principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were performed to investigate the factor structure of the PTGI. Results: Results confirmed the original five-factor structure. The results showed good internal consistency for the total scale (α = 0.91) and its subscales, ranging from α = 0.85 to α = 0.70. Also, evidence of construct and convergent validity was observed through correlations with posttraumatic and depression symptoms and personality measures. Conclusions: These preliminary results suggest that the Brazilian PTGI is reliable and showed adequate evidence of validity.

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