Resumen

SILVA, Ana Maria Reis; FRANCISCO, Lucas De; ANWER, Adnan  y  RUIZ, Alexis Lorenzo. Posttraumatic growth indicators in Brazilian and Pakistani samples. Arq. bras. psicol. [online]. 2020, vol.72, n.2, pp. 57-74. ISSN 1809-5267.  http://dx.doi.org/10.36482/1809-5267.arbp2020v72i1p.57-74.

We investigated indicators of posttraumatic growth (PTG) in victims of disasters. Six hypotheses were tested: the symptoms of re-experiencing and avoidance, typical of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), would be positive predictors of PTG (h1); the Pakistanis would have lower PTG rates when compared to Brazilians (h2); higher number of traumatic events (h3), bombings and terrorism (h4) and pathological personality traits (h5) would be negative predictors of PTG; and the religiosity factor would be a positive indicator of PTG (h6). Participants included 202 subjects, 64.9% male with age ranges between 18 and 66 years (M = 28.07; SD = 8.82). Instruments used included the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 and the Clinical Dimensional Personality Inventory-Screening. All hypotheses were partially corroborated. We discuss the implications of the transposition of Western evaluation methods and the posttraumatic perspective to Non-Western contexts.

Palabras clave : Psychological evaluation; Posttraumatic growth; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Personality; Natural and man-made disasters.

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