Poly-Strengths as a Predictor of Post-traumatic Growth in Young Adults who have Experienced Poly-Victimization
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https://doi.org/10.62843/jssr.v6i2.749Keywords:
Poly-Victimization, Post-traumatic Growth, Resilience Portfolio Model, Poly-StrengthsAbstract
The present research aimed to study poly-strengths as a predictor of post-traumatic growth in young adults who have experienced poly-victimization. The research design was correlational research and data of 237 individuals (both men and women) was collected. The participant’s age spanned from 18 to 25 years (43% men, 57% women) All individuals had undergone two or more instances of victimization throughout their Preadolescence. The research study was based on the conceptualization of the Resilience Portfolio Model, in which strengths are categorizing into three domains such as interpersonal strengths ,regulatory strengths and Meaning making. The current study assesses the role of different regulatory, Meaning Making and Interpersonal strengths predict post traumatic growth in individuals who have experienced poly-victimization. Results suggests that strengths sense of purpose, religious meaning making, relational motivation, group connectedness and self-reliance emerged as positively significant predictors of post traumatic growth in individual who have experienced poly-victimization. Findings add to expanding the existing literature on the Resilience Portfolio Model, particularly by emphasizing the prominent strength in predicting post-traumatic growth.
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