Key Role of Deliberate Rumination in Posttraumatic Growth Among Sexually Traumatized Survivors

Abstract

This article discusses the relationship between posttraumatic growth and deliberate rumination and main cause of deliberate rumination. As Tedeschi & Calhoun (2004) mentions, the concept of posttraumatic growth (PTG), people who experiences a traumatic event not only show posttraumatic symptoms but can also have a positive change in mentality afterwards. According to the research of Hannah Stockton (2011), PTG is positively correlated with deliberate rumination. The model of PTG proposed by Tedeschi & Calhoun (2004) shows that after experiencing a traumatic event, the individual will encounter cognitive challenges, a change in goal of life and beliefs and enter the stage of intrusive rumination. In the stage of intrusive rumination, in the process of self-disclosure or after a period of time, the patient will give up past cognition, undergo a change in mood, and then enter the stage of refined rumination, which is shown to rebuild cognition, and altered priorities.