@article{ref1,
title="Use of the revised Posttraumatic Growth Inventory for Children",
journal="Journal of Traumatic Stress",
year="2009",
author="Kilmer, Ryan P. and Gil-Rivas, Virginia and Tedeschi, Richard G. and Cann, Arnie and Calhoun, L. G. and Buchanan, Teresa and Taku, Kanako",
volume="22",
number="3",
pages="248-253",
abstract="Posttraumatic growth (PTG; positive change resulting from the struggle with trauma) was examined among children impacted by Hurricane Katrina. The revised Posttraumatic Growth Inventory for Children (PTGI-C-R) assessed PTG at two time points, 12 (T1) and 22 months (T2) posthurricane. The PTGI-C-R demonstrated good reliability. Analyses focused on trauma-related variables in predicting PTG. Child-reported subjective responses to the hurricane and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) correlated with PTG at T1; however, in the regression, only PTSS significantly explained variance in PTG. At follow-up, T1 PTG was the only significant predictor of PTG. Findings suggest that the PTGI-C-R may assist efforts to understand children's responses posttrauma.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-9867",
doi="10.1002/jts.20410",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.20410"
}