Phillip Morrisand Richard Delewski Author

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Exploring the Connection between Gender Roles and Posttrauma Growth

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Amanda Metcalfe, Phillip Morris and Richard Delewski

Gender roles may play an important part in an individual’s response to trauma and is an area of trauma treatment that has lacked empirical focus and treatment planning attention. Defined here, as the personal growth that occurs after traumatic experiences, Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) refers to the benefits of experiencing and overcoming adversity. In examining psychological theories of resilience, aspects of gender norms in the context of posttraumatic growth processes is not well understood. Here we use qualitative methods to investigate how perceptions of gender roles relate to sense of self-efficacy and the ability to grow from traumatic experiences. With this realization, we present results that express ways in which clinicians can use gender role experiences to better support ... view more»

DOI: 10.37532/2324-8947.2020.9(3).203

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