In contrast to dominant Western conceptions of bereavement in largely intrapsychic terms,
the authors argue that grief or mourning is not primarily an interior process, but rather one …

Les réfugiés sont soumis à une série d'événements traumatisants et de stress dans leur
pays d'origine, pendant leur trajet et tout au long de la période d'adaptation dans leur …

A model of the processes leading to posttraumatic growth and to life satisfaction following
exposure to trauma was tested. Two types of repeated thought, deliberate and intrusive …

Recent theory and research have drawn attention to the need to better understand the
positive changes, termed posttraumatic growth, that often occur in bereaved individuals; …

Viewed from a constructivist perspective, grieving is a process of reconstructing a world of
meaning that has been challenged by loss. Although most people successfully navigate …

Research examining posttrauma pathology indicates negative outcomes can differ as a
function of the type of trauma experienced. Such research has yet to be published when …

Recent research on grieving populations has emphasized the role of meaning making in
adaptation to bereavement, typically relying on simple self-reports of the extent to which …

Background Posttraumatic growth (PTG) is conceptualized as a positive transformation
resulting from co** with and processing traumatic life events. This study examined the …

Clinicians who live and work in natural and man-made disaster-prone areas are often
exposed to trauma primarily as citizens and secondarily as a result of their professional …

This phenomenological study was designed to describe the shared trauma perspectives of 8
counselors who experienced the shootings at Virginia Tech and responded to community …