Secondary Growth Among Former Prisoners of War's Adult Children: The Result of Exposure to Stress, Secondary Traumatization, or Personality Traits?

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Summary

A comparison of secondary posttraumatic growth among adult children of former prisoners of war (POWs') with adult children of comparable Veterans (controls'children) were examined. In addition, the role of fivefactor personality traits and the associations between exposure to stress stemming from fathers' behaviors, secondary traumatization symptoms, and secondary posttraumatic growth were analyzed.

Citation
Zerach, G. (2015). Secondary Growth Among Former Prisoners of War's Adult Children: The Result of Exposure to Stress, Secondary Traumatization, or Personality Traits?. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 7, 313-323. doi:10.1037/tra0000009