ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2018
Testing the Validity of Self-Reported Posttraumatic Growth in Young Adult Cancer Survivors.
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- Empirically Derived Patterns of Posttraumatic Stress and Growth: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures of Positive Psychosocial Constructs in Children and Adolescent/Young Adults with Cancer: A Systematic Review of Measurement Properties.Journal of adolescent and young adult oncology · 2022Pooled it
- Randomized controlled trial of PERMA-based intervention on subjective well-being and post-traumatic growth in young and middle-aged stroke survivors during rehabilitation.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Thriving Under Threat: A Scoping Review of Human Thriving in Recurring Potentially Traumatic, Elevated Threat and High Stress Work Environments.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2025Article
- Spirituality, Resilience and Vicarious Posttraumatic Growth Among Orthopedic Nurses in Nigeria.Journal of religion and health · 2025Article
- Effects of Resilience and Emotion Regulation on Perceptions of Positive and Negative Life Changes in Cancer Survivors: A Longitudinal Study.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2024Article
- Perceived Positive and Negative Life Changes in Testicular Cancer Survivors.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- The Relationship Between Inflammation and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
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Abstract
Posttraumatic growth has garnered increasing interest as a potential positive consequence of traumatic events and illnesses. However, scientific investigations have yet to demonstrate the validity of self-reports of posttraumatic growth. The most common measure used to assess this construct is the Post Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI); however, the extent to which the PTGI (as well as other self-report measures of perceived posttraumatic growth; PPTG) assess actual positive change remains unknown. The present study aimed to examine the validity of PPTG measures. We assessed 83 adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors at two time points, one year apart. We measured the stability of PTGI from T1 to T2, correlated three measures of PPTG that used different methods (only positive, positive or negative, positive and negative change) with wellbeing measures, and compared PTGI scores with changes in psychosocial resources. PTGI scores were stable over time. More nuanced measures of PPTG appeared to capture more perceived change, although no measure of PPTG was favorably related to wellbeing. Finally, PTGI did not correlate with change in psychosocial resources, with the exception of spirituality. Overall, our results suggest that measures of PPTG do not capture actual positive changes experienced by AYA cancer survivors.
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