Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI)
The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory was developed by Tedeschi and Calhoun (1996) in order to measure positive changes in the aftermath of traumatic events. It consists of 21 items rated on a 6-point scale ranging from 0 (“I did notexperience this change as a result of...
Ways of Coping Inventory (WCI)
The Ways of Coping Inventory (WCI) was developed by Folkman and Lazarus (1985) in order to assess the coping processes following stressful situations. The original scale was composed of 66 items. The Turkish adaptation of WCI (Siva, 1991) includes 74 items because 8...
Event Related Rumination Inventory (ERRI)
Event Related Rumination Inventory (ERRI) was developed by Cann, Calhoun, Tedeschi, Triplett, Vishnevsky, and Lindstrom (2011) in order to assess ruminations that were activated during the cognitive processing in the aftermath of trauma. The first 10 items were the...
Basic Personality Traits Inventory (BPTI)
Basic Personality Traits Inventory (BPTI) was developed by Gençöz and Öncül (2012) in order to assess basic personality traits in Turkish culture. It consists 45 adjectives of personality rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (“This characteristic does not represent...
The Socio-demographic Information Form
The Socio-demographic Information Form was developed in order to collect information about age, gender, marital status, education level, vocation, work status (employed, if yes; time of employment), and income level rated on a 5-point scale rangin from 1 (very low) to...
The Hypotheses of The Present Study
The models of the present study were presented above. However, in the statistical analyses conducted to test the hypotheses of the present study, gender, income, being driver or passenger during the accident, and perceived social support were taken as control...
The Purpose of The Study
The purpose of the current study is to examine the predictive role of the personality characteristics (extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, openness to experience, negative valence, and neuroticism), event related factors such as the perceived severity and...
Post trauma Factors (PTG) : Coping and Rumination Styles
In The Model of Life Crises and Personal Growth (Schaefer & Moos, 1992), the importance of coping responses is also depicted. Similarly Lazarus and Folkman (1984) indicated that the coping strategies that were used in order to deal with highly stressful life...
Event related Factors (PTG) : Timing and Perceived Severity of the Event
As shown in the models of PTG, event related factors such as perceived severity and how recently the event occurred have also been found to be related with the development of PTG. Tedeschi and Calhoun (2004) suggested that the more severe the event, the more growth...
Factors Associated with PTG : Socio-demographic and Personality Characteristics
Emprical research showed that socio-demographic characteristics such as age, gender, income, and social support are related with PTG. Several studies examining the relationship between the development of PTG and age, consistently demonstrated a negative association...