Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice
Lessons Learned from Around the Globe
Published on 4. March 2010
240 pages
978-0-470-59992-1 (ISBN)
Description
"Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice: LessonsLearned from Around the Globe brings welcome attention to applyingPTG to culturally competent practice worldwide. It delivers on thepromise embedded in its title: lots of lessons within the fourteenchapters." --From the Foreword by Charles R. Figley, PhD,Kurzweg Chair in Disaster Mental Health, Tulane University, NewOrleans
The latest advances in the theoretical, empirical, andclinical aspects of Posttraumatic Growth
Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practiceoffers contributions from an international group of experts inposttraumatic growth (PTG) within diverse cultures and subcultures.It uniquely illuminates the nature, meaning, and clinicalimplications of PTG across a wide range of socioculturalcontexts.
Edited by Tzipi Weiss and Roni Berger--recognized expertsin the areas of stress, coping, and PTG--this book featurescontributions by an international panel of renowned scholars andclinicians, offering a truly global perspective of PTG in culturesand 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 andculturally sensitive services to those who have survived trauma indifferent parts of the world, and to support these survivors asthey grow and harvest benefits from their ordeal.
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Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice: LessonsLearned from Around the Globe brings welcome attention toapplying PTG to culturally competent practice worldwide. Theydeliver on their promise embedded in their title: lots of lessonswithin the fourteen chapters. --From the Foreword by Charles R. Figley, PhD, KurzwegChair in Disaster Mental Health, Tulane University, New OrleansMore details
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Persons
TZIPI WEISS, DSW, LCSW, is Associate Professor at LongIsland University's C.W. Post Department of Social Work andDirector of the undergraduate program. She is a board certifiedexpert in traumatic stress, an advisor to community organizations,and a clinician in private practice.
RONI BERGER, PhD, LCSW, is a Professor at AdelphiUniversity, a consultant to various professional organizations, andis 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: SocioculturalConsiderations, 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 Punamaki
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 BetterUnderstanding 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 Caseof Chinese in Australia, 173
Thomas A. Whelan and Winifred A. Cunningham
Chapter 14 Posttraumatic Growth Around the Globe: ResearchFindings and Practice Implications, 189
Tzipi Weiss and Roni Berger
Author Index, 197
Subject Index, 207
