A crosssectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth
Person-centered psychotherapy is based on the growth paradigm of psychological distress. Person-centered therapy is, therefore, ideally placed to facilitate posttraumatic growth. There were two aims of this study. The first was to explore the association between unconditional positive self-regard an...
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| description | Person-centered psychotherapy is based on the growth paradigm of psychological distress. Person-centered therapy is, therefore, ideally placed to facilitate posttraumatic growth. There were two aims of this study. The first was to explore the association between unconditional positive self-regard and the construct of posttraumatic growth. The second was to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspirations on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth. A crosssectional correlation design was used to ask a sample of Cypriot origin participants (N = 99) to complete the Unconditional Positive Self-Regard Scale (UPSR), Intrinsic Aspirations subscale of the Aspirations Index and Post Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI). Findings showed that unconditional positive self-regard was significantly positively correlated with posttraumatic growth and that the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth was successfully partially mediated by intrinsic aspirations. This is the first study to test for the mechanisms by which unconditional positive self-regard predicts posttraumatic growth. The findings also support a link between the phenomenon of posttraumatic growth and personcentered theory at a construct level. Implications for person-centered therapy are discussed and suggestions for further research are proposed. |
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| spelling | nottingham-307382020-05-08T10:30:39Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30738/ A crosssectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth Murphy, David Demetriou, Evangelia Joseph, Stephen Person-centered psychotherapy is based on the growth paradigm of psychological distress. Person-centered therapy is, therefore, ideally placed to facilitate posttraumatic growth. There were two aims of this study. The first was to explore the association between unconditional positive self-regard and the construct of posttraumatic growth. The second was to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspirations on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth. A crosssectional correlation design was used to ask a sample of Cypriot origin participants (N = 99) to complete the Unconditional Positive Self-Regard Scale (UPSR), Intrinsic Aspirations subscale of the Aspirations Index and Post Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI). Findings showed that unconditional positive self-regard was significantly positively correlated with posttraumatic growth and that the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth was successfully partially mediated by intrinsic aspirations. This is the first study to test for the mechanisms by which unconditional positive self-regard predicts posttraumatic growth. The findings also support a link between the phenomenon of posttraumatic growth and personcentered theory at a construct level. Implications for person-centered therapy are discussed and suggestions for further research are proposed. Routledge 2015-08-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nd https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30738/1/Murphy%2C%20Demetriou%2C%20%26%20Joseph%20%282015%29_UPSR%20and%20PTG%20Correlation%20Mediated%20by%20IA%20Study_Final.pdf Murphy, David, Demetriou, Evangelia and Joseph, Stephen (2015) A crosssectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 14 (3). ISSN 1752-9182 unconditional positive self-regard; intrinsic aspirations; posttraumatic growth http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14779757.2015.1051238 doi:10.1080/14779757.2015.1051238 doi:10.1080/14779757.2015.1051238 |
| spellingShingle | unconditional positive self-regard; intrinsic aspirations; posttraumatic growth Murphy, David Demetriou, Evangelia Joseph, Stephen A crosssectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth |
| title | A crosssectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth |
| title_full | A crosssectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth |
| title_fullStr | A crosssectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth |
| title_full_unstemmed | A crosssectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth |
| title_short | A crosssectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth |
| title_sort | crosssectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth |
| topic | unconditional positive self-regard; intrinsic aspirations; posttraumatic growth |
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