Coping Strategies and Posttraumatic Growth in Prison

Recent qualitative studies have highlighted posttraumatic growth as a profound change in offenders’ self-perception, relationship qualities, purposes, and meaning in life. We examined coping strategies as possible predictors of posttraumatic growth during incarceration in a sample of 365 prisoners....

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Authors: Vanhooren, Siebrecht (Author) ; Dezutter, Jessie (Author) ; Leijssen, Mia 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: The prison journal
Year: 2018, Volume: 98, Issue: 2, Pages: 123-142
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Keywords:
Existential
Meaning
Offenders
Posttraumatic growth
Prison
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Summary:Recent qualitative studies have highlighted posttraumatic growth as a profound change in offenders’ self-perception, relationship qualities, purposes, and meaning in life. We examined coping strategies as possible predictors of posttraumatic growth during incarceration in a sample of 365 prisoners. Coping strategies such as seeking emotional support, religious coping, and searching for meaning predicted posttraumatic growth in a positive way. Psychotherapy and chaplaincy were associated with higher levels of posttraumatic growth. Behavioral disengagement predicted posttraumatic growth in a negative way.
ISSN:1552-7522
DOI:10.1177/0032885517753151