Trauma, recovery, and growth : positive psychological perspectives on posttraumatic stress /

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Imprint:Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2008.
Description:xi, 372 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6827261
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Other authors / contributors:Joseph, Stephen (College teacher)
Linley, P. Alex.
ISBN:9780470075029 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0470075023 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • Part I. Toward an Integrative Positive Psychology of Posttraumatic Experience
  • 1. Positive Psychological Perspectives on Posttraumatic Stress: An Integrative Psychosocial Framework
  • 2. Psychological Assessment of Growth Following Adversity: A Review
  • Part II. Growth and Distress in Social, Community, and Interpersonal Contexts
  • 3. Resilience and Thriving in a Time of Terrorism
  • 4. Positive Effects of Terrorism and Posttraumatic Growth: An Individual and Community Perspective
  • 5. Posttraumatic Growth and Immigration: Theory, Research, and Practice Implications
  • 6. Broken Vows: Divorce as a Spiritual Trauma and Its Implications for Growth and Decline
  • 7. Growth through Loss and Adversity in Close Relationships
  • 8. Beyond Survival: Growing out of Childhood Sexual Abuse
  • 9. Posttraumatic Growth Following Sexual Assault
  • Part III. Clinical Approaches and Therapeutic Experiences of Managing Distress and Facilitating Growth
  • 10. Facilitating Posttraumatic Growth Following Cancer
  • 11. Group-Based Therapies for Benefit Finding in Cancer
  • 12. Using a Life Span Model to Promote Recovery and Growth in Traumatized Veterans
  • 13. Recovery from Brain Injury and Positive Rehabilitation Practice
  • 14. Professional Quality of Life and Trauma Therapists
  • Part IV. Beyond the Stress-Growth Distinction: Issues at the Cutting Edge of Theory and Practice
  • 15. A Contrarian View of Growth Following Adversity
  • 16. The Paradox of Struggling with Trauma: Guidelines for Practice and Directions for Research
  • 17. Reflections on Theory and Practice in Trauma, Recovery, and Growth: A Paradigm Shift for the Field of Traumatic Stress
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index