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In line with Nietzsche's observation “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger,” some individuals appear to experience positive psychological changes after traumatic stress (i.e., post-traumatic growth). To ascertain the prevalence of post-traumatic growth and antecedents contributing to resilience, investigators examined data from a four year, three-wave prospective Web-based study of community-dwelling U.S. veterans who reported experiencing at least one traumatic event (either during or not during military service). A total of 2718 veterans were enrolled; 1538 completed wave 3.
Baseline measures included trauma histories, a post-traumatic stress disorder checklist, and a post-traumatic growth inventory, the latter two both targeted …