How real is post-traumatic growth after surviving traumatic war events?

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In the aftermath of traumatic experiences some survivors report positive longterm changes in themselves, which have been recently discussed in the light of the concept growth. However the validity of the concept is still under discussion. In particular, it is not clear whether existing operationalisations of the construct are sufficiently comprehensive: do they really cover enough of the content of perceived in a wide variety of posttraumatic contexts? And are the changes described in discussions of posttraumatic really perceived as uniformly positive by those experiencing them? The present study uses a modification of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory to address these issues. Respondents were a convenience sample of students at Sarajevo University who had been exposed to a variety of traumatic and stressful events during the war which had ended six years before the study. The results confirm that positive changes are indeed seen as substantial when compared to negative changes. The P

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