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Strengths of character and posttraumatic growth

✍ Scribed by Christopher Peterson; Nansook Park; Nnamdi Pole; Wendy D'Andrea; Martin E. P. Seligman

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 161 KB
Volume: 21
Category: Article
ISSN: 0894-9867
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20332

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

How are strengths of character related to growth following trauma? A retrospective Web‐based study of 1,739 adults found small, but positive associations among the number of potentially traumatic events experienced and a number of cognitive and interpersonal character strengths. It was concluded that growth following trauma may entail the strengthening of character.

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