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Published on: December 15, 2023
Emotional resilience and event centrality mediate posttraumatic growth following adverse childhood experiences
Heidi Tranter1, Matthew Brooks2, Roxanne Khan1
1School of Psychology.
Objectives:
Research has long established that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can lead to a range of negative psychological consequences, including posttraumatic stress symptoms. It is also increasingly recognized that ACEs can serve as a catalyst for positive changes, such as posttraumatic growth (PTG). The mechanisms by which people report negative or positive changes are less well known. This study explored whether emotional resilience and event centrality could determine the degree of negative or positive changes reported following ACEs.
Method:
Participants (N = 167; 54.5% female; aged 19-95 years) completed an online survey measuring experiences of childhood adversity, resilience, event centrality, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and PTG.
Results:
Mediation analyses indicated that resilience and event centrality explained PTG only, exerting significant medium negative and small positive indirect effects on PTG, respectively.
Conclusions:
These findings indicate that following ACEs, the treatment and management of emotional resilience and event centrality could lead to positive effects on psychological well-being. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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