Redesigning Research on Post-Traumatic Growth

Redesigning Research on Post-Traumatic Growth offers new directions for post-traumatic growth research. The book illustrates the benefits of research designs that incorporate multiple methods of assessment and highlights the value of integrating various disciplines, such as philosophy and multiple areas of psychology (e.g., clinical, developmental, health, and personality) for more holistic understanding of the human capacity to overcome adversity.

Frank J. Infurna, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University. Dr. Infurna's professional work focuses on resilience to major life stressors and psychosocial factors that contribute to healthy aging outcomes across adulthood and old age. His research on major life stressors has shown that contrary to previous research, resilience is not the modal response to major life stressors, but in fact individuals typically show substantial declines in psychological functioning, followed by gradual improvements near-previous levels.
Eranda Jayawickreme, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Senior Research Fellow at the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University. Dr. Jayawickreme's research focuses on post-traumatic growth as positive personality change, moral personality, wisdom, well-being and integrative theories of personality. His work with populations in Rwanda, Sri Lanka, and the USA has made
substantial contributions to further understanding whether and how growth is possible following adversity.

1. Growth and the Multiple Dimensions of Well-Being: A Philosopher's Take on the Idea of Post-Traumatic Growth
Valerie Tiberius
2. Current Assessment and Interpretation of Perceived Post-Traumatic Growth
Crystal L. Park and Adriel Boals
3. Post-Traumatic Growth Interventions
Ann Marie Roepke, Areti Zikopoulos, and Marie Forgeard
4. Using Dynamic Personality Theories, Cognitive Neuroscience, and mHealth to Uncover the Process of Post-Traumatic Personality Change in Women with Breast Cancer
Lara M. Baez, Michael H. Antoni, and Aaron S. Heller
5. Using Methods from Personality Psychology to Study Post-Traumatic Growth
Eranda Jayawickreme and Sara Etz Mendonça
6. Emotions and Positive Personality Change in Syrian Origin Young Adults Who Have Recently Resettled in the Netherlands
Odilia M. Laceulle, Kinan Alajak, Eva Alisic, Zeina Al Sawaf, Haza F. Rahim, Renée Zonneveld, Joanne M. Chung
7. Post-Traumatic Growth in Later Adulthood: Disentangling Shorter-and Longer-Term Changes Following Transitions into Senior Housing Facilities
Gloria Luong, J. Doug Coatsworth, and Sy-Miin Chow
8. Prospectively Examining the Effects of a Cancer Diagnosis on Patients, Spouses/Partners, and their Relationship
Elaine O. Cheung, Frank J. Penedo, Judith T. Moskowitz, Betina Yanez, Sheetal M. Kircher, Shilajit D. Kundu, Sarah C. Flury, and Patricia I. Moreno
9. Using Culturally and Contextually Informed Theorizing in Research on Post-Traumatic Growth
Rebecca M. B. White, Gustavo Carlo, George P. Knight, Jenn Yun-Tein, Nancy A. Gonzales, and Alexandria Curlee
10. Modeling Growth and Resilience among Military Personnel: How Using Different Models Yields Different Answers
William J. Chopik
11. Studying Post-Traumatic Growth across the Adult Lifespan: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations
Omar E. Staben, Molly J. Gardner, Frank J. Infurna, Suniya S. Luthar, and Kevin J. Grimm
12. Considering Characteristics of Events in Research on Post-Traumatic Growth
Maike Luhmann and Ina Fassbender
13. Openness to Experience and Post-Traumatic Growth
Marie Forgeard, Elana Bayer-Pacht, Paul J. Silvia, Ann Marie Roepke, and Thröstur Björgvinsson
14. The Relationship between Narration and Character Growth after Interpersonal Failures and Transgressions
Laura E. R. Blackie and Kate C. McLean
15. Pathways from Adversity to Wisdom
Anna Dorfman, David A. Moscovitch, and Igor Grossmann
16. Redesigning Research on Post-Traumatic Growth: Current Knowledge and New Directions
Frank J. Infurna and Eranda Jayawickreme