Collective Violence, Strengths, and Perceived Posttraumatic Growth: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Collective violence-such as armed conflict, state-sponsored violence, and terrorism-represents a profound form of trauma, which can harm individuals, communities, and societies. Existing research has largely examined risk factors and negative psychosocial outcomes from collective violence, neglecting the potential for survivors to draw upon a range of strengths that may allow them to perceive benefits from their experiences, known as posttraumatic growth (PTG). This scoping review uses the resilience portfolio model to highlight a potential portfolio of meaning-making, regulatory, and interpersonal-ecological strength-based resources and assets that are conducive to perceived PTG (PPTG) and possible better functioning following collective violence. The present review identified 52 papers f

SUBMITTER: Brooks M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11872054 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature