Human Strengths and Resilience

Human and Strengths fills a gap in current literature on trauma survivors. Co-editors Grant J. Rich and Skultip (Jill) Sirikantraporn have assembled an international group of leading contributors who have taught, counseled, consulted, and conducted research in all regions of the world, including North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Pacific Region, Latin America, the Caribbean Region, and the Middle East. Contributors to this edited collection use their expertise to highlight positive psychology and strength-based approaches to post-traumatic growth and resilience in understudied, developing nations like Cambodia, Haiti, India, Syria, Armenia, Sierra Leone, Taiwan, Guatemala, and South Africa.

Grant J. Rich is consulting psychologist in Juneau, Alaska.
Skultip (Jill) Sirikantraporn is assistant professor at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University.

Introduction: Human Strengths and Resilience: Developmental, Cross-Cultural, and International Perspectives
Grant Rich and Skultip (Jill) Sirikantraporn
Chapter 1: The Concept of Posttraumatic Growth in a Sample of Undergraduates from India: A Mixed Methods Study
Skultip (Jill) Sirikantraporn, Grant J. Rich, and Julie Badaracco
Chapter 2: The Concept of Posttraumatic Growth in an Adult Sample from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti: A Mixed Methods Study
Grant Rich, Skultip (Jill) Sirikantraporn, and Wismick Jean-Charles
Chapter 3: The Concept of Posttraumatic Growth in a Cambodian Sample: A Grounded Theory
Study
Skultip (Jill) Sirikantraporn, Grant J. Rich, and Nashaw Jafari
Chapter 4: Resilience in Guatemala: Contextual Overview with Future Perspectives
Tannia de Castañeda and María del Pilar Grazioso
Chapter 5: Resilience in Taiwan: The Shaping Forces of Confucian Cultural Context and Beliefs about Adversity
Ching-Yu (Soar) Huang
Chapter 6: The Resilience Processes of South African Adolescent Girls with Histories of Sexual Abuse
Sadiyya Haffejee and Linda Theron
Chapter 7: Resilience and Strengths in Syrian Refugees
Naji Abi-Hashem
Chapter 8: Meaningfulworld Trauma Outreach and Prevention Across Cultures: Utilizing the 7-Step Integrative Healing Model for Resilience and Meaning-Making
Ani Kalayjian and Daria Diakonova-Curtis
Chapter 9: Resilience and Recovery in Natural Disasters and Epidemics: Comparisons,
Challenges, and Lessons Learned from Train-the-Trainer Projects
Judy Kuriansky, Alexandra Margevich, Wismick Jean-Charles. andRussell Daisey