EM - IUEM - Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde
Permanent URI for this collection
Browse
Browsing EM - IUEM - Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde by Author "Becker, Chloé Marie Julie"
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Results Per Page
Sort Options
- Post-traumatic growth in french adults: relationship with childhood victimization, centrality of the event and resiliencePublication . Becker, Chloé Marie Julie; Almeida, Telma; Ramos, Ana CatarinaIntroduction: Several studies have demonstrated that childhood trauma can have lasting repercussions on mental health and well-being, affecting various areas of life in adulthood. Studying the long-term consequences of these childhood experiences of adversity is essential to a better understanding of psychological development and the mechanisms of post-traumatic growth (PTG) in adulthood. Objectives: The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), the centrality of these events, stress, and psychological hardiness. Method: This study involved 169 French adults aged between 18 and 76. Participants were recruited via social networks to answer the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire, the Centrality of Event Scale, the Dispositional Resilience Scale, and the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory, online. Results: The results showed that ACEs were significantly and positively correlated with stress and centrality of the event. Furthermore, exposure to traumatic childhood experiences can directly negatively predict stress and indirectly negatively predict stress via the centrality of the event. This study also demonstrates that the centrality of the event and greater psychological hardiness are positively correlated with PTG in ACEs victims. Conclusion: The centrality of the event moderates childhood adversity and stress. When individuals have a higher level of centrality to the event, the effect between traumatic experience and stress increases. This study also concludes that psychological hardiness is an important factor in PTG but that perceiving the traumatic experience as central to one's identity and life does not significantly interfere with PTG.