A Correlational Test of the Relationship Between Posttraumatic Growth, Religion, and Cognitive Processing

By L. Calhoun, A. Cann, R. Tedeschi, J. McMillan. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2000

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology

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Meaning Making and Growth: New Directions for Research on Survivors of Trauma (2006, background): “Some studies have found that meaning making processes were related to more growth following trauma (eg, Bower et al, 1998 ; Calhoun, Cann, Tedeschi, & McMillan, 2000 ; Park et al, 1996 ), although not all studies have found relations (eg, Cordova et al, 2001 ).”
Stress-Related Growth: Predictors of Occurrence and Correlates with Psychological Adjustment (2004, background): “, Calhoun et al., 2000). This positive relationship between intrusive thoughts and growth supports Tedeschi and Calhoun’s (1995) view that growth is more likely to arise from events that are painful and for which resolution is difficult.”
Addition through subtraction: Growth following the dissolution of a low quality relationship (2007, background): “Several studies have discovered an association between traumatic events and positive outcomes in general (eg, Calhoun, Cann, Tedeschi, & McMillan 2000 ; McMillen & Fisher 1998 ), as well as in the context of bereavement (eg, Frazier, Steward, & Mortensen 2004 ; Park & Cohen, 1993 ).”
Posttraumatic Growth in the Aftermath of Trauma: A Literature Review About Related Factors and Application Contexts (2013, background): “Spiritual beliefs and religious participation have been recognized as an important factor that contributes to the perception of growth (Calhoun et al., 2000).”
Loss, Grief, and the Search for Significance: Toward a Model of Meaning Reconstruction in Bereavement (2006, result): “Although some studies suggest that posttraumatic growth is associated with decreases in distress (eg, Park et al, 1996 ), others suggest that growth and distress rise together (eg, Calhoun, Cann, Tedeschi, & McMillan, 2000 ), and others have found no relationship between the two (eg, Cordova, Cun”
The relationship of core belief challenge, rumination, disclosure, and sociocultural elements to posttraumatic growth. (2013, methodology): “80 for deliberate items); the present scale is based on items used in a previous study (Calhoun et al., 2000).”
Posttraumatic Growth and Depreciation as Independent Experiences and Predictors of Well-Being (2010, methodology): “Posttrauma ruminations were assessed using a revised version of the scale described in Calhoun et al. (2000).”
Psychological Adjustment, Coping, and Emotion Regulation as Predictors of Posttraumatic Growth (2004, background): “…investigating growth experiences among different populations, several studies have reported higher PTG scores among younger than older individuals (Powell, Rosner, Butollo, Tedeschi, & Calhoun, 2003; Widows, 2002) and among college students than adults (Calhoun et al., 2000; Cordova et al., 2001).”
Intergenerational Trauma: Convergence of Multiple Processes among First Nations peoples in Canada (2009, neutral): “…include religious, social or political beliefs, might facilitate the individual’s abilities to confront their traumas and derive meaning from them (Calhoun, Cann, Tedeschi, & McMillan, 2000; Summerfield, 1999), as well as to contend effectively with subsequently encountered stressors (Halcon et…”
Religion, spirituality, and posttraumatic growth: a systematic review (2005, background): “The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) (Tedeschi, & Calhoun, 1995, 1996) is a multidimensional 21-item measure with five subscales (appreciation of life, relating to others, new possibilities, personal strength, and spiritual change).”