Post traumatic growth, meaning in life and hope among emerging adults
- Authors: De Klerk, Elonie
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Positive psychology , Posttraumatic growth , Meaning (Psychology) , Post-traumatic stress disorder , Hope
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/235217 , uj:24064
- Description: M.A. (Counselling Psychology) , Abstract: Positive psychology (PP) is interested in individuals’ optimal human functioning and focuses on positive experiences and positive characters and virtues. A developmental phase that seems to particularly benefit from positive functioning is emerging adulthood, which refers to individuals between the ages of 18 and 25 years. When these individuals enter the university context as students, additional factors may impact on their development. Moreover, although emerging adults tend to seem hopeful about the future, have the potential to establish close relationships and are capable of positive change, yet research has mainly focussed on negative aspects concerning this life phase. This study therefore aims to focus on aspects that could be indicators of positive functioning during this life phase, namely post traumatic growth (PTG), meaning in life (MIL) and hope. This study also examines the relationship between these constructs, as well as MIL and hope as predictors of PTG. In order to achieve these aims, a quantitative, cross-sectional and correlational research design was implemented. The sample consisted of emerging adults (n= 166), who completed an online survey, which consisted of a Biographical Questionnaire, the Post Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MILQ) and the Adult Hope Scale (AHS). The MILQ was used to determine the Presence of Meaning (MIL-P) and Search for Meaning (MIL-S). The participants in this study indicated high levels of PTG, MIL and hope. Relationships between PTG and MIL-P, PTG and hope and MIL- P and hope were positive and statistically significant. The prediction values of both MIL-P and hope towards PTG were statistically significant. Further research is needed to better understand the factors that influence the relationships between PTG, MIL and hope. Recommendations within this context are discussed.
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- Authors: De Klerk, Elonie
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Positive psychology , Posttraumatic growth , Meaning (Psychology) , Post-traumatic stress disorder , Hope
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/235217 , uj:24064
- Description: M.A. (Counselling Psychology) , Abstract: Positive psychology (PP) is interested in individuals’ optimal human functioning and focuses on positive experiences and positive characters and virtues. A developmental phase that seems to particularly benefit from positive functioning is emerging adulthood, which refers to individuals between the ages of 18 and 25 years. When these individuals enter the university context as students, additional factors may impact on their development. Moreover, although emerging adults tend to seem hopeful about the future, have the potential to establish close relationships and are capable of positive change, yet research has mainly focussed on negative aspects concerning this life phase. This study therefore aims to focus on aspects that could be indicators of positive functioning during this life phase, namely post traumatic growth (PTG), meaning in life (MIL) and hope. This study also examines the relationship between these constructs, as well as MIL and hope as predictors of PTG. In order to achieve these aims, a quantitative, cross-sectional and correlational research design was implemented. The sample consisted of emerging adults (n= 166), who completed an online survey, which consisted of a Biographical Questionnaire, the Post Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MILQ) and the Adult Hope Scale (AHS). The MILQ was used to determine the Presence of Meaning (MIL-P) and Search for Meaning (MIL-S). The participants in this study indicated high levels of PTG, MIL and hope. Relationships between PTG and MIL-P, PTG and hope and MIL- P and hope were positive and statistically significant. The prediction values of both MIL-P and hope towards PTG were statistically significant. Further research is needed to better understand the factors that influence the relationships between PTG, MIL and hope. Recommendations within this context are discussed.
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Trauma survivors’ experiences of Kundalini yoga in fostering post-traumatic growth
- Authors: Morrison, Karlita
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Posttraumatic growth , Positive psychology , Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/479002 , uj:43309
- Description: Abstract: The prevalence of potential traumatic events in South Africa has been found to be eminently high (de la Porte & Davids, 2016). This is due to a history of political violence and an ongoing tendency of interpersonal, community-based, socio-economic violence (Atwoli et al., 2013). Exposure to trauma challenges one’s previous assumptions on conceptions of predictability and contest preconceived views of the world (Tedeschi & Blevins, 2015). After trauma-exposure, individuals attempt to conceptualise the event and engage in cognitive processes to reconstruct their assumptive world and recover from trauma (Cann et al., 2011). The physiological effects of trauma are illuminated by drawing on Stephen Porges’s polyvagal theory (PVT) (Porges, 2011). Recent shifts literature has begun to emphasise the potential to perceive benefits and growth following exposure to trauma which is referred to as post-traumatic growth (PTG) (Tedeschi & Kilmer, 2005). Conventional therapeutic techniques like cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic interventions have been found to support trauma survivors in South Africa (Kaminer & Eagle, 2017). However, the lack of professionals trained in these approaches are extremely limited and alternative methods needs to be explored on, especially those that can be delivered in a group setting by a non-professional (Bruckner et al., 2011; Mendelhall et al., as cited in Kaminer & Eagle, 2017). This generic qualitative study design was implemented to enquire about trauma survivors’ experiences of Kundalini yoga (KY) in the promotion of PTG. The seven participants were identified through a non-profit organisation in Alexandra, that is a densely populated township known for high rates of unemployment and crime in Johannesburg (Crime Stats SA, 2018; Ebrahim, 2019). The data was collected in the form of individual semi-structured interviews after which thematic analysis was implemented to interpret the participants’ experiences... , M.Ed. (Educational Psychology)
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- Authors: Morrison, Karlita
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Posttraumatic growth , Positive psychology , Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/479002 , uj:43309
- Description: Abstract: The prevalence of potential traumatic events in South Africa has been found to be eminently high (de la Porte & Davids, 2016). This is due to a history of political violence and an ongoing tendency of interpersonal, community-based, socio-economic violence (Atwoli et al., 2013). Exposure to trauma challenges one’s previous assumptions on conceptions of predictability and contest preconceived views of the world (Tedeschi & Blevins, 2015). After trauma-exposure, individuals attempt to conceptualise the event and engage in cognitive processes to reconstruct their assumptive world and recover from trauma (Cann et al., 2011). The physiological effects of trauma are illuminated by drawing on Stephen Porges’s polyvagal theory (PVT) (Porges, 2011). Recent shifts literature has begun to emphasise the potential to perceive benefits and growth following exposure to trauma which is referred to as post-traumatic growth (PTG) (Tedeschi & Kilmer, 2005). Conventional therapeutic techniques like cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic interventions have been found to support trauma survivors in South Africa (Kaminer & Eagle, 2017). However, the lack of professionals trained in these approaches are extremely limited and alternative methods needs to be explored on, especially those that can be delivered in a group setting by a non-professional (Bruckner et al., 2011; Mendelhall et al., as cited in Kaminer & Eagle, 2017). This generic qualitative study design was implemented to enquire about trauma survivors’ experiences of Kundalini yoga (KY) in the promotion of PTG. The seven participants were identified through a non-profit organisation in Alexandra, that is a densely populated township known for high rates of unemployment and crime in Johannesburg (Crime Stats SA, 2018; Ebrahim, 2019). The data was collected in the form of individual semi-structured interviews after which thematic analysis was implemented to interpret the participants’ experiences... , M.Ed. (Educational Psychology)
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