RT Article
T1 Coping Strategies and Posttraumatic Growth in Prison
JF The prison journal
VO 98
IS 2
SP 123
OP 142
A1 Vanhooren, Siebrecht
A2 Dezutter, Jessie
A2 Leijssen, Mia 1951-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1742373097
AB 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.
K1 Existential
K1 Meaning
K1 Offenders
K1 Posttraumatic growth
K1 Prison
DO 10.1177/0032885517753151