Growth and Hope after loss: How TAPS facilitates posttraumatic growth in those grieving military deaths

Melinda Moore; Jerry K. Palmer; Julie Cerel; Kim Ruocco

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.996041

Growth and Hope after loss: How TAPS facilitates posttraumatic growth in those grieving military deaths

Melinda Moore, Jerry K. Palmer, Julie Cerel, Kim Ruocco

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Abstract

We examined posttraumatic growth for 691 participants of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS). Peer mentors of bereaved individuals experienced greater posttraumatic growth (PTG) and reported higher psychological health than those who were non-peer mentors. Active involvement in TAPS and resilience consistently and positively predicted all types of PTG. These prediction models were far stronger (R², AIC) for the suicide-bereaved sample than those bereaved by other causes, and post-hoc analyses suggest suicide-bereaved benefitted more than those bereaved by other causes from active participation in TAPS.

Original language	English
Article number	996041
Journal	Frontiers in Psychology
Volume	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.996041
State	Published - Dec 7 2022

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Copyright © 2022 Moore, Palmer, Cerel and Ruocco.

Funding

The research conducted was supported by funds from the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS).

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Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors

Keywords

military
military families
peer mentor
peer support
suicide
suicide bereavement

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