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Strengths of character and posttraumatic growth
Author(s) -
Peterson Christopher,
Park Nansook,
Pole Nnamdi,
D'Andrea Wendy,
Seligman Martin E. P.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.20332
Subject(s) - character (mathematics) , posttraumatic growth , psychology , interpersonal communication , cognition , clinical psychology , interpersonal relationship , developmental psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , geometry , mathematics
Abstract How are strengths of character related to growth following trauma? A retrospective Web‐based study of 1,739 adults found small, but positive associations among the number of potentially traumatic events experienced and a number of cognitive and interpersonal character strengths. It was concluded that growth following trauma may entail the strengthening of character.