Strengths of character and posttraumatic growth.
Strengths of character and posttraumatic growth.
How are strengths of character related to growth following trauma? A retrospective Web-based study of 1,739 adults found small, but positive associations among the number of potentially traumatic events experienced and a number of cognitive and interpersonal character strengths. It was concluded that growth following trauma may entail the strengthening of character.
Peterson C, Park N, Pole N, D\’Andrea W, Seligman ME.
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.