Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice Lessons Learned from Around the Globe

by Weiss, Tzipi; Berger, Ron

• ISBN13: 9780470358023
• ISBN10: 0470358025
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-05
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

"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 OrleansThe latest advances in the theoretical, empirical, and clinical aspects of Posttraumatic GrowthPosttraumatic 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 EastIsraelGermanyThe NetherlandsJapanChinaAustraliaLatinos 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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
About the Editors	p. xi
About the Contributors	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xix
Introduction	p. xxi
The Posttraumatic Growth Model: Sociocultural Considerations	p. 1
Posttraumatic Growth in Israeli Jews	p. 15
Posttraumatic Growth in Middle Eastern Context: Expression and determinants among Palestinians	p. 31
Posttraumatic Growth in the Turkish Population	p. 49
Thriving in Postwar Kosova	p. 65
Trauma and Posttraumatic Growth in Germany	p. 73
Posttraumatic Growth in the Netherlands	p. 85
Posttraumatic Growth in Spain	p. 97
Posttraumatic Growth in U.S. Latinos	p. 113
Posttraumatic Growth in Japan: A Path toward Better Understanding of Culture-Constant and Culture-Specific Aspects	p. 129
Posttraumatic Growth in Chinese Culture	p. 147
Posttraumatic Growth in Australian Populations	p. 157
Posttraumatic Growth in International Study: The Case of Chinese in Australia	p. 173
Posttraumatic Growth Around the Globe: Research Findings and Practice Implications	p. 189
Author Index	p. 197
Subject Index	p. 207
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