Post-traumatic growth (PTG)

Abstract

In the recent period, the world’s countries, especially the Arab countries, have witnessed sharp and rapid events and changes. From revolutions to wars and suffering, the state of Libya is considered one of those countries that have suffered from the scourge and tragedies of wars, and since 2011 CE, the Libyan society has been suffering from security, political and economic instability. This has resulted in the spread of many crises and psychological trauma; Which is: It is the occurrence of psychological harm or harm that affects a person due to a state of stress, and these crises and traumas are the main reason behind many psychological and social problems that afflict a person; As he did not prepare and learn the methods and methods to accept them and how to deal with them, the responses of people and their ability to tolerate and accept these crises and shocks vary from person to person according to their different fields, some of them have a negative impact on their lives, which is called post-traumatic stress disorder, while others have a positive effect on their lives. This is called post-traumatic growth. Which occurs as a result of a person experiencing a traumatic experience; And it leads to a positive development and growth of his personality.

Given the importance of the topic of PTSD; The current research focuses on it as it is a relatively recent topic in Arab studies, and due to the lack of research and studies on it in the Libyan environment. This research is the first building block and the first research of its kind - as far as the researcher knows -. Which dealt with the topic of post-traumatic growth in the Libyan environment.

From this point; In her research, the researcher addressed this theoretical aspect only to the topic of posttraumatic development, as she touched upon the concept of posttraumatic growth, learning about the historical development of positive psychology, knowledge of the dimensions of posttraumatic development, how post-traumatic growth occurs, and the factors that are related Posttraumatic growth increases, with identification of areas of posttraumatic growth, identification of the characteristics of individuals who develop post-traumatic growth, knowledge of elements of post-traumatic growth and strategies of reinforcement, and clarification of the relationship between PTSD and PTSD, and the research was concluded in Its conclusion was by formulating a set of recommendations and proposals that emphasized the importance of studying the topic of post-traumatic growth and the need to conduct various research and studies about it in the Libyan environment.