Posttraumatic Growth among Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Milam, Joel E.; Ritt-Olson, Anamara; Unger, Jennifer B.
Titel	Posttraumatic Growth among Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 19 (2004) 2, S.192-204 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558403258273
Schlagwörter	Multiple Regression Analysis; Health Behavior; Depression (Psychology); Stress Variables; Adolescents; Hispanic Americans; Age Differences; Religious Factors + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	This study examined posttraumatic growth (PTG), the construing of benefits from a traumatic event, in a sample of 435 mostly Hispanic adolescents who experienced a major life event within the previous 3 years. Levels of PTG did not differ between experienced negative life events. The relationship between PTG and sociodemographics, substance use, religiosity, and depression was explored. Age and religiosity were positively associated with PTG, whereas substance use was inversely associated with PTG. Only age and substance use remained associated with PTG after adjusting for all other variables in a multiple regression analysis. These results demonstrate the existence of PTG among an adolescent population and suggest that PTG can be related to important health behaviors such as substance use. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10