Investigating the veracity of self-reported post-traumatic growth: a profile analysis approach

Research into posttraumatic growth—positive psychological change that people report in their relationships, priorities in life, and self-perception after experiences of adversity—has been severely critiqued. We investigated the degree to which community members’ friends and relatives corroborated ta...

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Main Authors: Blackie, Laura E.R., Jayawickreme, Eranda, Helzer, Erik, G., Forgeard, Marie, J.C., Roepke, Ann Marie
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Published: SAGE 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37049/
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author Blackie, Laura E.R.
Jayawickreme, Eranda
Helzer, Erik, G.
Forgeard, Marie, J.C.
Roepke, Ann Marie
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Jayawickreme, Eranda
Helzer, Erik, G.
Forgeard, Marie, J.C.
Roepke, Ann Marie
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description Research into posttraumatic growth—positive psychological change that people report in their relationships, priorities in life, and self-perception after experiences of adversity—has been severely critiqued. We investigated the degree to which community members’ friends and relatives corroborated targets’ self-perceived positive and negative changes as measured by the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory-42. We found corroboration only for negative changes when we examined overall (averaged) scores. However, using a profile analysis procedure, we found significant participant–informant agreement on the domains of change that had relatively higher scores in the target’s profile and those that had relatively lower scores. Our results demonstrate that informants were able to observe that targets had changed and were sensitive to the idiosyncratic ways in which these changes had manifested in targets’ behavior.
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spelling nottingham-370492020-05-04T17:08:09Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37049/ Investigating the veracity of self-reported post-traumatic growth: a profile analysis approach Blackie, Laura E.R. Jayawickreme, Eranda Helzer, Erik, G. Forgeard, Marie, J.C. Roepke, Ann Marie Research into posttraumatic growth—positive psychological change that people report in their relationships, priorities in life, and self-perception after experiences of adversity—has been severely critiqued. We investigated the degree to which community members’ friends and relatives corroborated targets’ self-perceived positive and negative changes as measured by the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory-42. We found corroboration only for negative changes when we examined overall (averaged) scores. However, using a profile analysis procedure, we found significant participant–informant agreement on the domains of change that had relatively higher scores in the target’s profile and those that had relatively lower scores. Our results demonstrate that informants were able to observe that targets had changed and were sensitive to the idiosyncratic ways in which these changes had manifested in targets’ behavior. SAGE 2015-05-22 Article PeerReviewed Blackie, Laura E.R., Jayawickreme, Eranda, Helzer, Erik, G., Forgeard, Marie, J.C. and Roepke, Ann Marie (2015) Investigating the veracity of self-reported post-traumatic growth: a profile analysis approach. Social Psychological & Personality Science, 6 (7). pp. 788-796. ISSN 1948-5514 posttraumatic growth positive illusions corroboration profile analysis http://spp.sagepub.com/content/6/7/788 doi:10.1177/1948550615587986 doi:10.1177/1948550615587986
spellingShingle posttraumatic growth
positive illusions
corroboration
profile analysis
Blackie, Laura E.R.
Jayawickreme, Eranda
Helzer, Erik, G.
Forgeard, Marie, J.C.
Roepke, Ann Marie
Investigating the veracity of self-reported post-traumatic growth: a profile analysis approach
title Investigating the veracity of self-reported post-traumatic growth: a profile analysis approach
title_full Investigating the veracity of self-reported post-traumatic growth: a profile analysis approach
title_fullStr Investigating the veracity of self-reported post-traumatic growth: a profile analysis approach
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the veracity of self-reported post-traumatic growth: a profile analysis approach
title_short Investigating the veracity of self-reported post-traumatic growth: a profile analysis approach
title_sort investigating the veracity of self-reported post-traumatic growth: a profile analysis approach
topic posttraumatic growth
positive illusions
corroboration
profile analysis
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37049/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37049/