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Comparative Study
| Published: March 25, 2018
Assessing Post Traumatic Growth and Life Satisfaction following Spousal Bereavement
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Delhi University, Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Dean, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences/SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.098/20180601
DOI: 10.25215/0601.098
ABSTRACT
Post traumatic growth (PTG) emphasizes the importance of positive transformation following a traumatic event. The present study examines gender differences and the role of PTG in predicting Life Satisfaction (LS) following spousal bereavement. For this, bereaved participants (N=60) completed measures of posttraumatic growth and life satisfaction. Comparative analyses indicated significant differences among genders on the measures of LS and PTG (dimensions namely new possibilities, relating to others, spiritual change). Results of regression analyses indicated significant contribution of PTG in LS among bereaved participants. Deductive thematic analyses identified themes through a process of reading and re-reading the data to find patterns in order to develop a deeper understanding of human experiences. The research was concluded by briefly foregrounding some of the study’s implications and future directions.
Keywords
Adolescent Learners, Cognition, Personality, Motivation, Interest
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
2018 © Chandiramani K & Khan W
Received: February 25, 2018; Revision Received: March 21, 2018; Accepted: March 25, 2018
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.098/20180601
10.25215/0601.098
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Published in Volume 06, Issue 1, January-March, 2018