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Strategies for assessing the potential for positive adjustment following trauma

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Journal of Traumatic Stress

Abstract

The subset of survivors who evidence resilience rather than pathology following trauma is frequently overlooked in empirical studies and theoretical discussions of PTSD. Susceptibility to dysfunction is clearly not a simple function of individual fortitude. The present paper discusses the complex interplay of variables which may influence post-trauma adjustment and suggests assessment instruments which may be useful in future research on this topic.

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Lyons, J.A. Strategies for assessing the potential for positive adjustment following trauma. J Trauma Stress 4, 93–111 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00976011

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