Abstract
Recent researches have revealed that survivors of natural disaster experience both psychological distress (PTSD) and personal growth which is known as posttraumatic growth (PTG). The author reviewed 10 studies published from 2000 to 2016 which measures Post traumatic growth and Help-seeking behaviour. Factors related to being younger, female, education, socio-economic status, exposure to disaster, acceptance, instrumental support, positive reframing, planning and use of positive religious coping is consistently linked with PTG and HSB. No study was found which directly studied help seeking behaviour and post traumatic growth; however use of coping strategy of instrumental support, social and emotional support and PTG domain of relating to others indicate the help seeking attitude. It results that help seeking behaviour is necessary for disaster victims in coping with life stresses and to experience PTG. Future studies should identify the role of different gender to engage in help seeking behaviour and experiencing post traumatic growth.
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