Department of Counseling and Human Development.
Department of Educational Leadership.
Psychol Trauma. 2015 Jul;7(4):356-63. doi: 10.1037/tra0000030. Epub 2015 Mar 16.
With the large number of combat veterans returning from war, there is an ever-increasing need to understand ways to help soldiers and veterans successfully navigate their return to life after combat. Posttraumatic growth (PTG) offers strong protective elements following combat, including reduction in suicidal ideation (Bush et al., 2011). The purpose of this study was to explore a proposed psychosocial developmental pathway between posttraumatic stress symptoms and PTG among combat veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The indirect pathway from posttraumatic symptoms to PTG through negative psychosocial development was found to be significant and positive. It appears that psychosocial development may indeed mediate the process by which combat veterans can make meaning from their experiences, improving overall well-being.
随着大量参战退伍军人从战场归来，人们越来越需要了解如何帮助士兵和退伍军人成功地从战斗生活过渡到战后生活。创伤后成长（PTG）为经历过战斗的人提供了强大的保护因素，包括减少自杀意念（Bush 等人，2011 年）。本研究旨在探索一种在阿富汗和伊拉克战争的参战退伍军人中，假设的创伤后应激症状和创伤后成长之间的心理社会发展途径。从创伤后症状到创伤后成长的间接途径是通过消极的心理社会发展，这一途径被发现是显著且积极的。似乎心理社会发展确实可以调节参战退伍军人从经历中获得意义的过程，从而提高整体幸福感。
