Abstract Empirical studies (n= 39) that documented positive change following trauma and
adversity (eg, posttraumatic growth, stress‐related growth, perceived benefit, thriving; …

Positive psychological or personal changes in the aftermath of trauma, defined as the result
of the struggle with highly stressful events, have recently elicited heightened attention by …

The purpose of this article was to discuss conceptual frameworks and research models on
resilience theory. The constructs of resilience, the history of resilience theory, models of …

This article focuses on the mechanism by which real or perceived distress of another in turn
distresses us and the process by which we become undistressed. This secondary traumatic …

Thriving is defined as the psychological state in which individuals experience both a sense
of vitality and learning. We developed and validated a measure of the construct of thriving at …

An international team of investigators in 11 countries have worked collaboratively to develop
a culturally and contextually relevant measure of youth resilience, the Child and Youth …

Extrapolating from BL Fredrickson's (1998, 2001) broaden-and-build theory of positive
emotions, the authors hypothesized that positive emotions are active ingredients within trait …

The idea that difficult life struggles can lead human beings to change, sometimes in radically
positive ways, is neither recent nor something that was “discovered” by social and …

La capacidad del ser humano para afrontar experiencias traumáticas e incluso extraer un
beneficio de las mismas ha sido generalmente ignorada por la Psicología tradicional, que …

This mixed-methods study explored the recovery process and outcomes for 37 women
formerly in an abusive intimate partner relationship. Standardized measures of current …