Predictors of Growth in the Aftermath of Traumatic Events: The Role of Personal Growth Initiative

Yuki Shigemoto; Matthew W. Ashton; Christine Robitschek

doi:10.1080/15325024.2015.1110446

Predictors of Growth in the Aftermath of Traumatic Events: The Role of Personal Growth Initiative

Yuki Shigemoto, Matthew W. Ashton, Christine Robitschek

Psychological Sciences

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Abstract

The current study examined the role of personal growth initiative (PGI) in predicting posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic stress, and the extent to which rumination styles explain these relations among 286 college students. As predicted, results showed that the cognitive component of PGI negatively predicted posttraumatic stress. Also, there was a significant positive indirect effect of behavioral PGI on posttraumatic growth through deliberate rumination. However, contrary to our hypothesis, there were also significant positive indirect effects of behavioral PGI on posttraumatic stress through intrusive and deliberate rumination. The current study creates new insights on the application of PGI in trauma research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	399-409
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Loss and Trauma
Volume	21
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2015.1110446
State	Published - Sep 2 2016

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College students
personal growth initiative
posttraumatic growth
rumination

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