Tânia Brandão, Sónia Brandão, Ana Paula Prata, Rosa Silva, Wilson Abreu, Olga Riklikiene, Gabija Jarasiunaite-Fedosejeva, Ernesto González-Mesa, Gözde Gökçe İsbir, Figen Inci, Burcu Kömürcü Akik, Kristiina Uriko, Gill Thomson
OBJECTIVE: This study targets women who had a self-defined traumatic childbirth experience to (a) explore the differences between sociodemographic-, obstetric-, and trauma-related variables in relation to the rumination style; (b) determine differences between intrusive and deliberate rumination in relation to posttraumatic growth (PTG) dimensions, and (c) test whether intrusive rumination is associated with deliberate rumination, which in turn is associated with PTG dimensions. METHOD: A cross-sectional study design was employed using a web-based survey method for data collection...
March 7, 2024: Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy