Abstract
Stress-related growth (SRG) is a phenomenon in which an individual experiences positive psychological changes after going through a highly stressful life event or circumstance. SRG has become a popular area of research over the last 25 years—a trend amplified by the advent of the positive psychology movement. However, much research on SRG is compromised by the use of retrospective assessments of perceived growth and cross-sectional research designs. As a result, the extent to which current research sheds lights on the nature, ubiquity, and value of SRG is unclear. We provide an overview of current research on SRG (including demographic differences and its relatedness to health outcomes) as well as its methodological limitations, and provide some guidelines for improving the scientific study of this construct.
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