Trauma, recovery, and growth [[electronic resource] ] : positive psychological perspectives on posttraumatic stress / / edited by Stephen Joseph, P. Alex Linley

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85210651
• Soggetto topico: Post-traumatic stress disorder - Treatment; Post-traumatic stress disorder - Patients - Rehabilitation; Positive psychology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: JosephStephen, Dr. LinleyP. Alex
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Trauma, Recovery, and Growth; Contents; Preface; Contributors; PART I: TOWARD AN INTEGRATIVE POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF POSTTRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE; Chapter 1: Positive Psychological Perspectives on Posttraumatic Stress: An Integrative Psychosocial Framework; POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL INTEGRATION: THE PSYCHOSOCIAL FRAMEWORK; ORGANISMIC VALUING THEORY; AIM OF THI S BOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: Psychological Assessment of Growth Following Adversity: A Review; MEASURES; POSITIVE CHANGES: UNIDIMENSIONAL OR MULTIDIMENSIONAL?; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SCHEMATIC CHANGES ; DI SCUSSIONSUMMARY; REFERENCES; PART II: GROWTH AND DISTRESS IN SOCIAL, COMMUNITY, AND INTERPERSONAL CONTEXTS; Chapter 3: Resilience and Thriving in a Time of Terrorism; OUTCOMES FOLLOWING TRAUMA; APPLICATION TO DIFFERENT POPULATIONS; CENTRAL ROLE OF MEANING-MAKING TO POSTEVENT ADAPTATION; CLINICAL APPLICATIONS FROM A GROWTH PERSPECTIVE; SUMMARY; Chapter 4: Positive Effects of Terrorism and Posttraumatic Growth: An Individual and Community Perspective; THE IDIOSYNCRASY OF TERRORI ST VIOLENCE ; THE EFFECTS OF TERRORI SM IN THE GENERAL POPULATION: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, RESILIENCE, OR POSITIVE CHANGES?POSITIVE EFFECTS ON INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETIES; LIMITATIONS OF CURRENT RESEARCH; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: Posttraumatic Growth and Immigration: Theory, Research, and Practice Implications; THEORETICAL ASPECTS; EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE; PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: Broken Vows: Divorce as a Spiritual Trauma and Its Implications for Growth and Decline; MODEL OF SPIRITUAL COPING WITH TRAUMA AND SUBSEQUENT GROWTH: DIVORCE AS AN ILLUSTRATION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES ; Chapter 7: Growth through Loss and Adversity in Close RelationshipsTHEORETICAL FOUNDATION; THEORETICAL FOUNDATION; PERVASIVENESS OF DIVORCE; PERVASIVENESS OF DIVORCE; THE EFFECTS ON CHILDREN; THE EFFECTS ON CHILDREN; VOICES OF HOPE; VOICES OF HOPE; PARENT LOSS; PARENT LOSS; TOWARD THEORETICAL SYNTHESI S; TOWARD THEORETICAL SYNTHESI S; SUMMARY; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: Beyond Survival: Growing Out of Childhood Sexual Abuse; Chapter 9: Posttraumatic Growth Following Sexual Assault; PREVALENCE, T IMING, AND COURSE OF POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH ; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH, DI STRESS, AND WELL-BEINGCORRELATES OF POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS; FUTURE RESEARCH; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; PART III: CLINICAL APPROACHES AND THERAPEUTIC EXPERIENCES OF MANAGING DISTRESS AND FACILITATING GROWTH; Chapter 10: Facilitating Posttraumatic Growth Following Cancer; CANCER AS A TRAUMATIC STRESSOR; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS; WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS FACING CANCER; FUTURE RESEARCH; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 11: Group-Based Therapies for Benefit Finding in Cancer; INTERVENTIONS AND BENEFIT F INDING; SUMMARY; REFERENCES ; Chapter 12: Using a Life Span Model to Promote Recovery and Growth in Traumatized Veterans
• Sommario/riassunto: The latest theory and research on understanding posttraumatic stressand its treatment, providing evidence-based clinical interventionsusing techniques drawn from positive psychologyIt is known that exposure to stressful and traumatic events can have severe and chronic psychological consequences. At the same time-mindful of the suffering often caused by trauma-there is also a growing body of evidence testifying to posttraumatic growth: the positive psychological changes that can result for survivors of trauma.Blending these two areas of research and exploring the relevance of po
• Titolo autorizzato: Trauma, recovery, and growth
• ISBN: 1-281-20377-7; 9786611203771; 1-118-26971-3; 0-470-18789-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910145561503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II