1. Posttraumatic growth in bereaved parents.
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Engelkemeyer SM and Marwit SJ
- Subjects
- Attitude to Death, Female, Grief, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personal Satisfaction, Philosophy, Spirituality, Stress, Psychological psychology, Surveys and Questionnaires, Adaptation, Psychological, Bereavement, Life Change Events, Parents psychology, Personality Inventory statistics & numerical data, Quality of Life, Self Concept
- Abstract
The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), Revised Grief Experience Inventory, and World Assumptions Scale were administered to 111 bereaved parents. The PTGI scores indicate that many bereaved parents report personal growth in domains outlined by L.G. Calhoun and R. G. Tedeschi (2001). Grief intensity was inversely correlated with growth scores. Self-worth was a strong predictor of growth scores, whereas assumptions about the benevolence and meaningfulness of the world were not correlated with growth.
- Published
- 2008
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