Stress and Coherence as an Opportunity for Change
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change, stress, sense of coherence, coping strategies, posttraumatic growthAbstract
Stress resulting from trauma is typically viewed as having negative consequences. However, this article argues that such outcomes are not exclusively negative. One possible consequence of trauma-related stress is posttraumatic growth, understood as a positive transformation within the individual. In her study, the author assumed that certain personality traits are necessary for such change to occur and therefore posed the following research question: What is the relationship between sense of coherence and the coping strategies used to manage stress?
The study focused on sense of coherence and coping strategies in a group of 36 part-time pedagogy students. The findings confirmed, among other things, that positive reinterpretation and growth, a strategy associated with posttraumatic growth, positively correlated with sense of coherence, particularly with its comprehensibility component.
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