Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice
Lessons Learned from Around the Globe
1st Edition
Published on 16. April 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
242 pages
978-0-470-35802-3 (ISBN)
Description
"Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice: Lessons Learned from Around the Globe brings welcome attention to applying PTG to culturally competent practice worldwide. It delivers on the promise embedded in its title: lots of lessons within the fourteen chapters." ?From the Foreword by Charles R. Figley, PhD, Kurzweg Chair in Disaster Mental Health, Tulane University, New Orleans
The latest advances in the theoretical, empirical, and clinical aspects of Posttraumatic Growth
Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice offers contributions from an international group of experts in posttraumatic growth (PTG) within diverse cultures and subcultures. It uniquely illuminates the nature, meaning, and clinical implications of PTG across a wide range of sociocultural contexts.
Edited by Tzipi Weiss and Roni Berger?recognized experts in the areas of stress, coping, and PTG?this book features contributions by an international panel of renowned scholars and clinicians, offering a truly global perspective of PTG in cultures and regions including:
The Middle East
Israel
Germany
The Netherlands
Japan
China
Australia
Latinos in the U.S.
Offering research-based insights and practical interventions, this collection enables practitioners to offer informed and culturally sensitive services to those who have survived trauma in different parts of the world, and to support these survivors as they grow and harvest benefits from their ordeal.
The latest advances in the theoretical, empirical, and clinical aspects of Posttraumatic Growth
Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice offers contributions from an international group of experts in posttraumatic growth (PTG) within diverse cultures and subcultures. It uniquely illuminates the nature, meaning, and clinical implications of PTG across a wide range of sociocultural contexts.
Edited by Tzipi Weiss and Roni Berger?recognized experts in the areas of stress, coping, and PTG?this book features contributions by an international panel of renowned scholars and clinicians, offering a truly global perspective of PTG in cultures and regions including:
The Middle East
Israel
Germany
The Netherlands
Japan
China
Australia
Latinos in the U.S.
Offering research-based insights and practical interventions, this collection enables practitioners to offer informed and culturally sensitive services to those who have survived trauma in different parts of the world, and to support these survivors as they grow and harvest benefits from their ordeal.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Charts: 2 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 4 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 7 B&W, 0 Color
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-35802-3 (9780470358023)
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Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice
Lessons Learned from Around the Globe
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03/2010
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Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice
Lessons Learned from Around the Globe
E-Book
03/2010
Wiley
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Persons
TZIPI WEISS, DSW, LCSW, is Associate Professor at Long Island University's C.W. Post Department of Social Work and Director of the undergraduate program. She is a board certified expert in traumatic stress, an advisor to community organizations, and a clinician in private practice.
RONI BERGER, PHD, LCSW, is a Professor at Adelphi University, a consultant to various professional organizations, and is in private practice. Her fields of expertise are immigrants, families (specifically stepfamilies), posttraumatic growth, qualitative research, and group work.
RONI BERGER, PHD, LCSW, is a Professor at Adelphi University, a consultant to various professional organizations, and is in private practice. Her fields of expertise are immigrants, families (specifically stepfamilies), posttraumatic growth, qualitative research, and group work.
Content
Foreword, ix
About the Editors, xi
About the Contributors, xiii
Acknowledgements, xix
Introduction, xxi
Chapter 1 The Posttraumatic Growth Model: Sociocultural Considerations, 1
Lawrence G. Calhoun, Arnie Cann, and Richard G. Tedeschi
Chapter 2 Posttraumatic Growth in Israeli Jews, 15
Avital Laufer and Zahava Solomon
Chapter 3 Posttraumatic Growth in Middle Eastern Context: Expression and determinants among Palestinians, 31
Raija-Leena Punamaeki
Chapter 4 Posttraumatic Growth in the Turkish Population, 49
Cengiz Kilic
Chapter 5 Thriving in Postwar Kosova, 65
Aliriza Arenliu and Moshe S. Landsman
Chapter 6 Trauma and Posttraumatic Growth in Germany, 73
BirgitWagner and Andreas Maercker
Chapter 7 Posttraumatic Growth in the Netherlands, 85
Grieteke Pool, Mirjam J. Nijdam, & Marijke E. Oostingh
Chapter 8 Posttraumatic Growth in Spain, 97
Carmelo Vazquez and Dario Paez
Chapter 9 Posttraumatic Growth in U.S. Latinos, 113
Roni Berger and Tzipi Weiss
Chapter 10 Posttraumatic Growth in Japan: A Path toward Better Understanding of Culture-Constant and Culture-Specific Aspects, 129
Kanako Taku
Chapter 11 Posttraumatic Growth in Chinese Culture, 147
Samuel M. Y. Ho and Yu Bai
Chapter 12 Posttraumatic Growth in Australian Populations, 157
Jane Shakespeare-Finch and Bronwyn Morris
Chapter 13 Posttraumatic Growth in International Study: The Case of Chinese in Australia, 173
Thomas A. Whelan and Winifred A. Cunningham
Chapter 14 Posttraumatic Growth Around the Globe: Research Findings and Practice Implications, 189
Tzipi Weiss and Roni Berger
Author Index, 197
Subject Index, 207
About the Editors, xi
About the Contributors, xiii
Acknowledgements, xix
Introduction, xxi
Chapter 1 The Posttraumatic Growth Model: Sociocultural Considerations, 1
Lawrence G. Calhoun, Arnie Cann, and Richard G. Tedeschi
Chapter 2 Posttraumatic Growth in Israeli Jews, 15
Avital Laufer and Zahava Solomon
Chapter 3 Posttraumatic Growth in Middle Eastern Context: Expression and determinants among Palestinians, 31
Raija-Leena Punamaeki
Chapter 4 Posttraumatic Growth in the Turkish Population, 49
Cengiz Kilic
Chapter 5 Thriving in Postwar Kosova, 65
Aliriza Arenliu and Moshe S. Landsman
Chapter 6 Trauma and Posttraumatic Growth in Germany, 73
BirgitWagner and Andreas Maercker
Chapter 7 Posttraumatic Growth in the Netherlands, 85
Grieteke Pool, Mirjam J. Nijdam, & Marijke E. Oostingh
Chapter 8 Posttraumatic Growth in Spain, 97
Carmelo Vazquez and Dario Paez
Chapter 9 Posttraumatic Growth in U.S. Latinos, 113
Roni Berger and Tzipi Weiss
Chapter 10 Posttraumatic Growth in Japan: A Path toward Better Understanding of Culture-Constant and Culture-Specific Aspects, 129
Kanako Taku
Chapter 11 Posttraumatic Growth in Chinese Culture, 147
Samuel M. Y. Ho and Yu Bai
Chapter 12 Posttraumatic Growth in Australian Populations, 157
Jane Shakespeare-Finch and Bronwyn Morris
Chapter 13 Posttraumatic Growth in International Study: The Case of Chinese in Australia, 173
Thomas A. Whelan and Winifred A. Cunningham
Chapter 14 Posttraumatic Growth Around the Globe: Research Findings and Practice Implications, 189
Tzipi Weiss and Roni Berger
Author Index, 197
Subject Index, 207