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Personal Growth in Mothers: Examination of the Suitability of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory as a Measurement Tool

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Pages 604-622 | Received 01 Feb 2011, Accepted 10 Aug 2011, Published online: 05 Oct 2011

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Bilgesu Kaçan-Bibican, Miriam Chasson & Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari. (2023) Contribution of personal and community resources to personal growth of mothers from Israel and Turkey. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 0:0, pages 1-21.
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Emilie Tureluren, Laurence Claes & Karl Andriessen. (2023) Personal growth in bereaved students: Associations with support, grief, and distress. Death Studies 47:3, pages 307-314.
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Taubman–Ben-Ari, Meital Navon & Ofer Davidi. (2022) Mothers’ personal growth in the first year: the role of perceived childbirth experience and support. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 40:6, pages 633-643.
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Orit Taubman–Ben-Ari, Miriam Chasson, Eran Horowitz, Joseph Azuri & Ofer Davidi. (2022) Personal growth in early pregnancy: the role of perceived stress and emotion regulation. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 40:6, pages 550-562.
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Miriam Chasson & Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari. (2021) Personal growth of single mothers by choice in the transition to motherhood: a comparative study. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 39:3, pages 301-312.
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Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari, Vera Skvirsky, Tzipora Strauss & Iris Morag. (2019) Pre-term delivery, optimism and initial personal growth as predictors of mothers’ long-term personal growth. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 37:3, pages 277-289.
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Orit Taubman–Ben-Ari, Vera Skvirsky, Eti Bar Shua & Eran Horowitz. (2018) Personal Growth of New Fathers following Assisted Reproductive Technology or Spontaneous Pregnancy. Parenting 18:3, pages 190-199.
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Daisuke Nishi & Kentaro Usuda. (2017) Psychological growth after childbirth: an exploratory prospective study. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology 38:2, pages 87-93.
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Orit Taubman - Ben-Ari, Shirley Ben Shlomo & Liora Findler. (2014) First-Time Parents’ and Grandparents’ Perceptions of Personal Growth: A Dyadic Approach. Journal of Family Social Work 17:3, pages 229-250.
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Meital Navon - Eyal & Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari. Emotional and relational protective factors during pregnancy and psychological well-being and personal growth after childbirth. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 0:0, pages 1-15.
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Salam Abu Sharkia & Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari. (2024) Personal Growth and Life Satisfaction among Arab Mothers After Fertility Treatment – The Role of Stress and Optimism. Journal of Happiness Studies 25:1-2.
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Anna Harwood‐Gross, Yoav S. Bergman, Ruth Pat‐Horenczyk, Miriam Schiff & Rami Benbenishty. (2022) Parenthood during the COVID ‐19 pandemic: Post‐traumatic growth amongst university students . Family Process 62:4, pages 1608-1623.
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Cheryl Zlotnick & Inbal Manor‐Lavon. (2023) Resilience, optimism and posttraumatic growth in first‐time mothers. Research in Nursing & Health 46:6, pages 576-590.
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Miriam Chasson & Orit Taubman - Ben-Ari. (2023) The contribution of adverse childhood experiences to postpartum maternal reflective functioning: A prospective examination of the role of maternal disintegrative responses and personal growth. Child Abuse & Neglect 143, pages 106250.
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Orit Taubman–Ben-Ari. (2022) Mothers’ Personal Growth in View of their Perception of the Infant and Perceived Support. Journal of Child and Family Studies 31:11, pages 2976-2985.
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Robert Hurst & Chathurika Kannangara. (2022) Post-traumatic growth from grief – a narrative literature review. Mental Health and Social Inclusion.
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Chloe Howard, Nickola C. Overall & Chris G. Sibley. (2022) Do stressful life events impact long-term well-being? Annual change in well-being following different life events compared to matched controls. Frontiers in Psychology 13.
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Orit Taubman – Ben‐Ari. (2022) First‐time parents’ personal growth: Role of parental separation anxiety. Health & Social Care in the Community 30:5.
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Marie L. Neumann, Jessica Y. Allen, Swapna Kakani, Amy Ladner, Meghan Hall Rauen, Meaghann S. Weaver & David F. Mercer. (2022) A beautiful struggle: Parent-perceived impact of short bowel syndrome on child and family wellbeing. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 57:9, pages 149-157.
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Emilie Tureluren, Laurence Claes & Karl Andriessen. (2022) Help-seeking behavior in bereaved university and college students: Associations with grief, mental health distress, and personal growth. Frontiers in Psychology 13.
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Geva Shenkman, Sigal Levy, Ziv Ben-Dor Winkler, Doriel Bass & Shulamit Geller. (2022) Higher Levels of Postnatal Depressive Symptomatology, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Life Satisfaction among Gay Fathers through Surrogacy in Comparison to Heterosexual Fathers: A Study in Israel in Times of COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19:13, pages 7946.
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Jose Puertas-Gonzalez, Borja Romero-Gonzalez, Rafael Caparros-Gonzalez, Carolina Mariño-Narvaez & María Peralta-Ramirez. (2022) The relationship between maternal personal growth during pregnancy and infant neurodevelopment. Bethlehem University Journal 39:1.
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Marie-Noëlle Bélanger-Lévesque. (2021) Le processus spirituel des femmes qui accouchent : théorisation ancrée sur l’expérience de l’accouchement vaginal au Québec (Canada). Études caribéennes:50.
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Tânia Brandão, Rute Brites, Odete Nunes & João Hipólito. (2020) Posttraumatic Growth After Childbirth in Women: A Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings 27:2, pages 318-330.
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Ginna Porat-Zyman, Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari, Jacob Kuint & Iris Morag. (2018) Personal Growth 4 Years After Premature Childbirth: The Role of Change in Maternal Mental Health. Journal of Happiness Studies 20:6, pages 1739-1750.
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Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari. 2019. Pathways and Barriers to Parenthood. Pathways and Barriers to Parenthood 271 290 .
Gal Rozen, Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari, Tzipora Strauss & Iris Morag. (2017) Personal Growth of Mothers of Preterms: Objective Severity of the Event, Subjective Stress, Personal Resources, and Maternal Emotional Support. Journal of Happiness Studies 19:7, pages 2167-2186.
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Cheryl Tatano Beck, Sue Watson & Robert K. Gable. (2018) Traumatic Childbirth and Its Aftermath: Is There Anything Positive?. The Journal of Perinatal Education 27:3, pages 175-184.
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Ginna Porat‐Zyman, Orit Taubman – Ben‐Ari & Varda Spielman. (2016) Dyadic Transition to Parenthood: A Longitudinal Assessment of Personal Growth among Parents of Pre‐ and Full‐term Infants. Stress and Health 33:1, pages 24-34.
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Samantha C. Horswill, Gabrielle Desgagné, Holly A. Parkerson, R. Nicholas Carleton & Gordon J.G. Asmundson. (2016) A psychometric evaluation of hierarchical and oblique versions of five variants of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory. Psychiatry Research 246, pages 438-446.
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Taubman – Ben-Ari Orit & Ben Shlomo Shirley. (2016) Measuring Personal Growth of New Grandparents. Research on Social Work Practice 26:6, pages 704-711.
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Adi Noy, Orit Taubman – Ben‐Ari & Jacob Kuint. (2014) Well‐Being and Personal Growth in Mothers of Full‐Term and Pre‐Term Singletons and Twins. Stress and Health 31:5, pages 365-372.
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O. Taubman - Ben-Ari & V. Spielman. (2014) Personal Growth Following the First Child's Birth: A Comparison of Parents of Pre- and Full-Term Babies. Social Work Research 38:2, pages 91-106.
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Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari. 2014. Meaning in Positive and Existential Psychology. Meaning in Positive and Existential Psychology 415 434 .
Peter Suedfeld, Jelena Brcic, Phyllis J. Johnson & Vadim Gushin. (2012) Personal growth following long-duration spaceflight. Acta Astronautica 79, pages 118-123.
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