Factors Associated with Post-Traumatic Growth during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented event that further stimulated the debate on the concept of trauma. To increase knowledge about the traumatic potential of the pandemic, the main objective of this study was to identify, through a systematic literature review, the main factors associated with the adaptive outcome of post-traumatic growth caused by COVID-19. Studies were selected from the PsychInfo, Embase, and PubMed databases, and 29 articles were included at the end of the screening process. The identified factors are of different natures, including personal variables such as personality traits, coping, and cognitive strategies used to face adversity, and interpersonal variables, one of the most important of which is the level of social support. In addition, several results confi

SUBMITTER: Bovero A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10779553 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature