Examining the relationship between resilience and posttraumatic growth.

@article{Levine2009ExaminingTR,
  title={Examining the relationship between resilience and posttraumatic growth.},
  author={Stephen Z. Levine and Avital Laufer and Einat Stein and Yaira Hamama-Raz and Zahava Solomon},
  journal={Journal of traumatic stress},
  year={2009},
  volume={22 4},
  pages={
          282-6
        }
}
To extend the literature the present study aims to examine the interrelationships between resilience (defined by a lack of posttraumatic stress disorder following trauma) and posttraumatic growth. Two studies were conducted of Israeli: (a) adolescents exposed to terror (N = 2908), and (b) citizens and army personnel following the second Lebanon War (N = 588). Across studies the results showed that high levels of resilience were associated with the lowest posttraumatic growth scores. The results… 
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