THE PROBLEM OF POSTTRAUMATIC PERSONALITY GROWTH IN MODERN PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES
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https://doi.org/10.32782/psych.studies/2025.2.29Keywords:
biopsychosocial-evolutionary concept, cognitive restructuring, posttraumatic growth, posttraumatic stress disorder, psychological assistance, psychological theories, functional- descriptive modelAbstract
The article presents the results of a theoretical analysis of posttraumatic growth (PTG) through the prism of various psychological approaches and current theoretical models that describe the mechanisms of this phenomenon, including the functional-descriptive model, person-centered approach, biopsychosocial-evolutionary concept, as well as psychological-philosophical, cognitive, psychodynamic and humanistic interpretations. The authors also analyze the key factors contributing to the emergence of PTSD, namely cognitive processing of experience, level of social support, personal characteristics, and receipt of psychological assistance. Particular attention is paid to the correlation between PTSD and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). An attempt is made to draw the attention of scientists studying PTSD to the need to integrate scientific approaches to understand its phenomenon in full as a complex and multidimensional psychological construct. It should be noted that in the concept of post-traumatic development (PTD) developed by the authors on the basis of psychosynthesis, post-traumatic growth (PTG) is considered as a transitional, temporary process of experiencing defensive resource identifications by the person, which partially coincides with most of the theories and models presented here, which are focused on transformational mechanisms not only of survival, but also of building new meanings and creativity of the personality with the integration of its traumatic experience. However, sometimes PTG can have neurotic symptoms due to the prolonged dominance of these defences in the future. It is emphasised that the functional-descriptive model of PTG is the most common in psychological and interdisciplinary orientations with the aim of constructing a general psychological theory of this phenomenon. It is currently presented in various interpretations, but has limitations in explaining the idea of self-development of the subject of growth, i.e., it does not reflect the phenomenology of his subjectivity.
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