PSYC 3302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Positive Psychology, Posttraumatic Growth, Longitudinal Study
4 Apr 2016
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Developing depression post heart attack predicted mortality. Miliojev et al new zealand: measured big 5 traits before and after earthquake, high stability of big 5 traits over 2 years, small decrease in emotional stability and small increase in neuroticism. Some people report benefits and growth, sense of re-constructing self, meaning, relationships. Ptg or benefit finding has become big, especially with surge in positive psychology. But, do perceptions match the change: consider research on personality, relationships, priming trauma increases reports of meaning. Are measures of ptg valid measures of actual growth: when you remind people of traumatic events they remember meaning. Prospective, longitudinal method: recruit lots of people, assess levels of well-being, wait 2 months, hope some experienced traumatic events , assess perceived change, assess distress, coping. 122 participants out of 1500 experienced trauma. 71% of events rated as causing intense dear, helplessness or horror. People"s actual change is not related to their perceptions of change except for religion.
