Trajectories of posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic depreciation: A one-year prospective study among people living with HIV.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Posttraumatic growth (PTG) and posttraumatic depreciation (PTD) are considered two sides of growth after trauma. Nevertheless, previous studies pointed out that in trauma living with a life-threatening illness, they may be experienced as two independently and share distinct predictors. In our study we aimed to find the different trajectories of PTG and PTD among a sample of people living with HIV (PLWH) and to investigate its predictors out of psychological resilience, and gain and loss of resources from the conservation of resources theory (COR).

Methods

We designed a longitudinal study that consisted of three measurements at 6-month intervals, and we recruited, respectively, 87, 85 and 71 PLWH. Each time participants filled out the following questionnaires: the e

SUBMITTER: Pieta M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9498953 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature