POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH IN ADOLESCENTS EXPOSED TO TRAUMA: THE PREDICTIVE ROLE OF RESILIENCE AND SOCIAL SUPPORT
POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH IN ADOLESCENTS EXPOSED TO TRAUMA: THE PREDICTIVE ROLE OF RESILIENCE AND SOCIAL SUPPORT

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study was to determine the links between resilience, social support and post-traumatic growth (PTG) in a group of teenagers aged 12–17 years (M = 14.65, SD = 1.28) whohave experienced 4 types of traumatic events. The analyses were carried out, using the resultsobtained from 242 teenagers (1st measurement) and then the results of 175 respondents (2ndmeasurement). The analyses also included sociodemographic (age, gender) and situationalvariables (type of event and time since its occurrence). The study used the Personal GrowthQuestionnaire, the Resilience Measurement Scale, and the Social Support Scale. The results ofthe study indicated strong links between resilience and PTG, but only in the first measurement.Resilience also played the role of the main predictor of PTG. All analyzed types of support werepositively associated with PTG (from 1st measurement) but turned out to weakly predict positiveposttraumatic changes in the second one. In the occurrence of posttraumatic growth resilienceplays a more important role than received social support.

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