Post-Traumatic Growth
Definition
Positive psychological change reported by some survivors as a result of struggling with a highly challenging event, alongside, not instead of, ongoing distress.
Related terms
- Acute Stress Disorder (ASD)
- A trauma-related disorder diagnosed when intrusion, avoidance, negative mood and arousal symptoms appear within a month of a traumatic event and last...
- Institutional Betrayal
- Harm that occurs when an institution a person depends on for safety, such as a police force, a court, a school or...
- Just-World Hypothesis
- The belief, described by Melvin Lerner, that the world is fundamentally fair and that people generally get what they deserve, which can...
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- A recognised psychological disorder that can follow exposure to traumatic events including criminal victimisation. Diagnostic criteria include intrusive re-experiencing, avoidance, negative mood...
- Resilience
- A stable trajectory of relatively low psychological disturbance in the months after a traumatic event, without a period of clinical disorder.