Feeling pressured to talk about trauma : how pressure to disclose alters the association between trauma disclosure and posttraumatic growth
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Kimbley, Claire
issued: 2022-08-24T20:45:17Z
issued: 2022
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Talking with others about traumatic experiences (i.e., trauma disclosure) has been associated with increased posttraumatic growth. While this association indicates the value of disclosing, there is evidence that external pressure to disclose can hinder the benefits of trauma disclosure. The aim of the current study was to examine the influence of pressure to disclose on the association between trauma disclosure and posttraumatic growth. People who had experienced a traumatic event and had disclosed their trauma to a close other were recruited from Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (n = 208). Participants completed measures of traumatic experiences, trauma disclosure, pressure to disclose, posttraumatic growth, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and responses to disclosure. Results indicated that the linear association between trauma disclosure and posttraumatic growth was quadratically moderated by pressure to disclose. Pressure to disclose strengthened the positive association between trauma disclosure and growth from low to moderate levels of pressure. However, increasing from moderate to high pressure weakened the association between disclosure and growth. These findings indicate that a moderate amount of pressure to disclose may facilitate the positive impact of disclosure on posttraumatic growth; yet a high amount of pressure may impede disclosure’s positive association with growth. This research furthers our understanding of the nuance of trauma disclosure and how the involvement of close others in trauma disclosures can impact the process of posttraumatic growth for trauma survivors.
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note: FEELING PRESSURED TO TALK ABOUT TRAUMA: HOW PRESSURE TO DISCLOSE ALTERS THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TRAUMA DISCLOSURE AND POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH by Claire Kimbley B.A., University of Calgary, 2017 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Counselling Psychology) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) August 2022 © Claire Kimbley, 2022 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the thesis entitled: Feeling pressured to talk about trauma: How pressure to disclose alters the association between trauma disclosure and posttraumatic growth submitted by Claire Kimbley in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology Examining Committee: Dr. Daniel W. Cox, Associate Professor, Department of Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia Supervisor Dr. Jeffrey H. Kahn, Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, Illinois State University Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Keith D. Renshaw, Department Chair and Professor, Department of Psychology, George Mason University Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract Talking with others about traumatic experiences (i.e., trauma disclosure) has been associated with increased posttraumatic growth. While this association indicates the value of disclosing, there is evidence that external pressure to disclose can hinder the benefits of trauma disclosure. The aim of the current study was to examine the influence of pressure to disclose on the association between trauma disclosure and posttraumatic growth. People who had experienced a traumatic event and had disclosed their trauma to a close other were recruited from Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (n = 208). Participants completed measures of traumatic experiences, trauma disclosure, pressure to disclose, p…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2022-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0417518
language: eng
degree discipline: Counselling Psychology
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Cox, Daniel W.
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/82513