TY - JOUR
T1 - Transforming from cocoon to butterfly
T2 - the potential role of the body in the process of posttraumatic growth
AU - Hefferon, K.
AU - Grealy, M.A.
AU - Mutrie, N.
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - The diagnosis of cancer has the potential to elicit positive change (posttraumatic growth [PTG]) through the experience of trauma and adversity. However, psychology and clinical practices and most recently positive psychology have been criticized for their indifference toward the influence of the body on positive psychological functioning. The aim of this study was to broaden the understanding of PTG, including its process and outcomes,
using interpretive phenomenological analysis. Ten female breast cancer survivors, from an already existing study, participated in an individual, open-ended interview. These were transcribed verbatim and analyzed for themes that reflected the women's experience of growing from adversity.
AB - The diagnosis of cancer has the potential to elicit positive change (posttraumatic growth [PTG]) through the experience of trauma and adversity. However, psychology and clinical practices and most recently positive psychology have been criticized for their indifference toward the influence of the body on positive psychological functioning. The aim of this study was to broaden the understanding of PTG, including its process and outcomes,
using interpretive phenomenological analysis. Ten female breast cancer survivors, from an already existing study, participated in an individual, open-ended interview. These were transcribed verbatim and analyzed for themes that reflected the women's experience of growing from adversity.
KW - post traumatic growth
KW - body
KW - mortality salience
KW - psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77950978548&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0022167809341996
DO - 10.1177/0022167809341996
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-1678
VL - 50
SP - 224
EP - 247
JO - Journal of Humanistic Psychology
JF - Journal of Humanistic Psychology
IS - 2
ER -
