The Routledge International Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth

Roni Berger, PhD, LCSW, is a professor of social work at Adelphi University in New York, USA. She was born and raised in Israel, and holds a BSW, MSW, and PhD from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Diploma in Psychotherapy from the Tel Aviv University Medical School. Dr. Berger has received several awards and grants and is a recipient of Fulbright Senior Specialist awards.

Editors and Contributors Part 1: PTG: The Concepts, its Evolving, Components and Relevant DImensions of the PTG model 1. An Introduction: The Goal, rationale and organization of the book 2. Epigenetic markers of posttraumatic growth 3. Illusory versus constructive PTG 4. Application of a theoretical model of posttraumatic growth to distinguish between posttraumatic growth and illusory growth 5. Sex, gender and their role in PTG 6. PTG journey with Heidegger's "Authentic" Self and Yunus Emre's "Miskin" (fulfilled/grounded) 7. PTG and resilience in relation to racial discrimination, ethnic differences and perceptions toward mental disorders 8. An Agenda for the next generation of post-traumatic growth research Part 2: Cultural Contexts of PTG: How the Environment Shapes the Phenomenon 9. The role of culture in PTG: How socio-political context shapes the process, dynamics and outcomes 10. Culture, trauma, and PTG: Insights from Tibetan refugees 11. Posttraumatic growth among Filipina/x/o Americans 12. PTG in LGBTQ+ populations Part 3: Developmental Aspects of PTG 13. PTG in children and youth 14. PTG in grown orphaned child survivors of genocide in Guatemala 15. PTF in emerging adults 16. PTG in older adults Part 4: PTG in Relational Systems 17. PTG in couples struggling with infertility 18. PTG in parents of young adults diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder 19. Posttraumatic growth in adulthood following child, early and forced marriages 20. PTG in survivors of domestic abuse in Scotland 21. Perinatal bereavement and Posttraumatic Growth: Research findings and clinical implications 22. Parenting and growth in the context of pediatric palliative care 23. Walking through different worlds: The experience of post traumatic growth in childhood cancer survivors and their families 24. Posttraumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic 25. Post-traumatic growth and psycho-social adjustment of Syrian refugees in Turkey 26. Growing through adversity: The case of survivors of the Gukurahundi genocide in Mathebeleland Zimbabwe 27. Organizational Posttraumatic Growth Part 5: PTG in the Context of Diverse Stressors 28. Post-traumatic stress and posttraumatic growth in the context of illness 29. PTG in cardiac patients 30. Social perspective toward the post-traumatic growth of potentially Covid-19- infected individuals: Perceived stigma and social identity 31. Posttraumatic growth experiences among people living with HIV / AIDS 32. Posttraumatic growth in acquired brain injury (ABI): A narrative review 33. Adversarial growht in persons with vision impairment 34. The pains and gains of imprisonment: Posttraumatic growth among incarcerated individuals 35. PTG among military veterans 36. PTG in the context of traumatic loss 37. Blooming in Unlikely Places: Posttraumatic Growth in Survivors of Sex Trafficking Part 6: Vicarious PTG: Growth of "Others" by Affiliation 38. Vicarious Posttraumatic Growth- the benefits of indirect exposure to trauma 39. Secondary posttraumatic growth and resiliency in shared traumatic situations 40. Vicarious resilience in clincial supervision: Finding hummingbirds' nectar 41. Vicarious PTG in social workers: The Israeli case 42. VPTG in trauma researchers Part 7: Interventions for Facilitating PTG 43. PhotoVoice as a vehicle for promoting posttraumatic growth 44. Enhancing PTG in a couple's PTSD intervention: Clients' and therapists' successes and challenges 45. Interventions for enhancing posttraumatic growth following a physical disease 46. A community-based intervention to enhance posttraumatic growht among refugees in receiving societies