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ArticleJournal of personality2021

Post-traumatic growth as positive personality change: Challenges, opportunities, and recommendations.

Eranda Jayawickreme, Frank J Infurna, Kinan Alajak, Laura E R Blackie, William J Chopik, Joanne M Chung, Anna Dorfman, William Fleeson, Marie J C Forgeard, Patricia Frazier and 15 more

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Article in Journal of personality, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
67citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
39.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 292 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors at 16 institutions in 5 countries.

Eranda JayawickremeDepartment of Psychology and Program for Leadership and Character, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6544-7004
Frank J InfurnaDepartment of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Kinan AlajakKarakter Project, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Laura E R BlackieSchool of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
William J ChopikDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1748-8738
Joanne M ChungDepartment of Psychology, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada.
Anna DorfmanDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4175-1631
William FleesonDepartment of Psychology and Program for Leadership and Character, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Marie J C ForgeardClinical Psychology Department, William James College, Newton, MA, USA.
Patricia FrazierDepartment of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
R Michael FurrDepartment of Psychology and Program for Leadership and Character, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4476-1907
Igor GrossmannDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2681-3600
Aaron S HellerDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0680-3248
Odilia M LaceulleKarakter Project, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Richard E LucasDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Maike LuhmannFaculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6211-9304
Gloria LuongDepartment of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, COL, USA.
Laurien MeijerKarakter Project, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Kate C McLeanDepartment of Psychology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA.
Crystal L ParkDepartment of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Ann Marie RoepkeEvoke Training and Consulting, PLLC, Seattle, WA, USA.
Zeina Al SawafKarakter Project, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Howard TennenDepartment of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Rebecca M B WhiteDepartment of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Renée ZonneveldKarakter Project, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Utrecht University · NLWake Forest University · USArizona State University · USMichigan State University · USUniversity of Connecticut · USUniversity of Waterloo · CAColorado State University · USProgram for Appropriate Technology in Health · USRuhr University Bochum · DETilburg University · NLUniversity of Miami · USUniversity of Minnesota · USUniversity of Nottingham · GBUniversity of Toronto · CAWestern Washington University · USWilliam James College · US

Funding

Elucidating Age Differences in Stressor-Health LinksK01AG056660 · NIA · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI LUONG, GLORIA · 2018 to 2022
$624k
NIA NIH HHS K01 AG056660
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivePost-traumatic growth typically refers to enduring positive psychological change experienced as a result of adversity, trauma, or highly challenging life circumstances. Critics have challenged insights from much of the prior research on this topic, pinpointing its significant methodological limitations. In response to these critiques, we propose that post-traumatic growth can be more accurately captured in terms of personality change-an approach that affords a more rigorous examination of the phenomenon.

methodWe outline a set of conceptual and methodological questions and considerations for future work on the topic of post-traumatic growth.

resultsWe provide a series of recommendations for researchers from across the disciplines of clinical/counseling, developmental, health, personality, and social psychology and beyond, who are interested in improving the quality of research examining resilience and growth in the context of adversity.

conclusionWe are hopeful that these recommendations will pave the way for a more accurate understanding of the ubiquity, durability, and causal processes underlying post-traumatic growth.

Indexed as

Posttraumatic Growth, PsychologicalStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticHumansPersonalityPersonality Disordersadversitycharacter changemethodological approaches to studying adversityopen sciencepersonality changeposttraumatic growth

Identifiers

PMID32897574
PMCPMC8062071
OpenAlexW3084161795

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