Posttraumatic growth: Conceptual foundations and empirical evidence
Richard G. Tedeschi, Lawrence G. Calhoun · 2004 · Psychological Inquiry, 15(1), 1-18
This source is used as supports evidence across 2 linked claims and 2 related evidence hubs. Its citation record is marked verified; that verifies the source trail, not the truth of any linked claim.
Summary
Foundational review defining posttraumatic growth and summarizing evidence that some people report positive psychological change after major adversity.
How this source is used on the map
Supports the limited claim that suffering can sometimes be followed by growth without proving that suffering was cosmically intended.
Citation record
- Authors
- Richard G. Tedeschi, Lawrence G. Calhoun
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- Psychological Inquiry, 15(1), 1-18
- Source type
- Review
- Map role
- supports
- Credibility level
- primary
- Citation status
- Verified
- DOI
- 10.1207/s15327965pli1501_01
- PubMed
- Not recorded
- Recorded
Linked claims
A widespread frame supported by NDE life reviews and post-traumatic growth literature. Cosmic curriculum is interpretation.
Post-traumatic growth (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996) is documented across many populations. Not everyone grows; those who do report real change.
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The standard reference for any claim about life-purpose, growth-through-suffering, or meaning-making; it keeps existential claims distinct from evidence claims.
Keeps the suffering-growth pages balanced by separating real meaning-making from the overclaim that trauma is reliably beneficial.