Research on the association between self-reports of post-traumatic growth and well-being show mixed findings. To resolve discrepancies, we suggest that self-reports of post-traumatic growth should not be taken at face value as indicating actual growth as in some cases such reports may be indicative of an illusory self-protective mechanism. As such we hypothesised that reports of post-traumatic growth are associated with defense styles. We also tested whether the association between self-reports of post-traumatic growth and well-being would be moderated by defensive styles. In a sample of 153 college students who had experienced some degree of trauma it was found that self-reports of post-traumatic growth were associated with a neurotic and an immature defense style. The association between self-reports of post-traumatic growth and positive as well as negative affect was moderated significantly by a mature defense style, such that for those with high mature defenses, higher scores of self-reports of post-t...

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创伤后成长和幸福的报告：防御方式的调节作用

关于创伤后生长的自我报告与幸福感之间的关联性的研究显示了不同的发现。为了解决差异，我们建议不要将创伤后增长的自我报告看成是表明实际增长的面值，因为在某些情况下，此类报告可能表明存在虚幻的自我保护机制。因此，我们假设创伤后增长的报道与防御方式有关。我们还测试了创伤后成长的自我报告与幸福之间的联系是否会被防御方式所调节。在153名经历过某种程度创伤的大学生中，发现创伤后生长的自我报告与神经质和不成熟的防御方式有关。