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Book SynopsisPosttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice: Lessons Learned from Around the Globe brings welcome attention to applying PTG to culturally competent practice worldwide. It delivers on the promise embedded in its title: lots of lessons within the fourteen chapters. ?From the Foreword by Charles R. Figley, PhD, Kurzweg Chair in Disaster Mental Health, Tulane University, New Orleans
The latest advances in the theoretical, empirical, and clinical aspects of Posttraumatic Growth
Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice offers contributions from an international group of experts in posttraumatic growth (PTG) within diverse cultures and subcultures. It uniquely illuminates the nature, meaning, and clinical implications of PTG across a wide range of sociocultural contexts.
Edited by Tzipi Weiss and Roni Berger?recognized experts in the areas of stress, coping, and PTG?this book features contributions by an international panel
Table of Contents
Foreword, ix
About the Editors, xi
About the Contributors, xiii
Acknowledgements, xix
Introduction, xxi
Chapter 1 The Posttraumatic Growth Model: Sociocultural Considerations, 1
Lawrence G. Calhoun, Arnie Cann, and Richard G. Tedeschi
Chapter 2 Posttraumatic Growth in Israeli Jews, 15
Avital Laufer and Zahava Solomon
Chapter 3 Posttraumatic Growth in Middle Eastern Context: Expression and determinants among Palestinians, 31
Raija-Leena Punamäki
Chapter 4 Posttraumatic Growth in the Turkish Population, 49
Cengiz Kiliç
Chapter 5 Thriving in Postwar Kosova, 65
Aliriza Arënliu and Moshe S. Landsman
Chapter 6 Trauma and Posttraumatic Growth in Germany, 73
BirgitWagner and Andreas Maercker
Chapter 7 Posttraumatic Growth in the Netherlands, 85
Grieteke Pool, Mirjam J. Nijdam, & Marijke E. Oostingh
Chapter 8 Posttraumatic Growth in Spain, 97
Carmelo Vázquez and Darío Páez
Chapter 9 Posttraumatic Growth in U.S. Latinos, 113
Roni Berger and Tzipi Weiss
Chapter 10 Posttraumatic Growth in Japan: A Path toward Better Understanding of Culture-Constant and Culture-Specific Aspects, 129
Kanako Taku
Chapter 11 Posttraumatic Growth in Chinese Culture, 147
Samuel M. Y. Ho and Yu Bai
Chapter 12 Posttraumatic Growth in Australian Populations, 157
Jane Shakespeare-Finch and Bronwyn Morris
Chapter 13 Posttraumatic Growth in International Study: The Case of Chinese in Australia, 173
Thomas A. Whelan and Winifred A. Cunningham
Chapter 14 Posttraumatic Growth Around the Globe: Research Findings and Practice Implications, 189
Tzipi Weiss and Roni Berger
Author Index, 197
Subject Index, 207
