Posttraumatic growth and culturally competent practice [[electronic resource] ] : lessons learned from around the globe / / edited by Tzipi Weiss and Roni Berger

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139367503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-55052-7; 9786612550522; 0-470-59955-3; 1-118-27002-9; 0-470-59989-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): WeissTzipi; BergerRoni
• Disciplina: 155.935
• Soggetti: Life change events; Psychic trauma; Disasters - Psychological aspects; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice: Lessons Learned from Around the Globe; Contents; Foreword; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Posttraumatic Growth Model: Sociocultural Considerations; Chapter 2: Posttraumatic Growth in Israeli Jews; Chapter 3: Posttraumatic Growth in a Middle Eastern Context: Expression and Determinants of PTG among Palestinians; Chapter 4: Posttraumatic Growth in the Turkish Population; Chapter 5: Thriving in Postwar Kosova; Chapter 6: Trauma and Posttraumatic Growth in Germany; Chapter 7: Posttraumatic Growth in the NetherlandsChapter 8: Posttraumatic Growth in Spain; Chapter 9: Posttraumatic Growth in U.S. Latinos; Chapter 10: Posttraumatic Growth in Japan: A Path toward a Better Understanding of Culture-Constant and Culture-Specific Aspects; Chapter 11: Posttraumatic Growth in Chinese Culture; Chapter ; 12: Posttraumatic Growth in Australian Populations; Chapter 13: Posttraumatic Growth in International Study: The Case of Chinese in Australia; Chapter 14: Posttraumatic Growth Around the Globe: Research Findings and Practice Implications; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: ""Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice: Lessons Learned from Around the Globe brings welcome attention to applying PTG to culturally competent practice worldwide. It delivers on the promise embedded in its title: lots of lessons within the fourteen chapters."" -From the Foreword by Charles R. Figley, PhD, Kurzweg Chair in Disaster Mental Health, Tulane University, New Orleans The latest advances in the theoretical, empirical, and clinical aspects of Posttraumatic Growth Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice offers contributions from an in