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1 Ÿ q z 2010, Vol. 18, No. 1, Advances in Psychological Science š Ÿ * dg qÿ q ò z Ÿ u u, ÕÝ okg p e g n? n g g e p, pe s g, n e ; R395, Ÿ Ÿ,,,, ½ µ, µ Ÿ, µ ( qp p ) q º, Ÿ, Ÿ q, q (Helgeson, Reynolds, & Tomich, 2006), s Ÿ, Ÿ, Ÿ Õ,, Ÿ z, Tedeschi x æ œ z, Õ ç Õ (posttraumatic growth, PTG) (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996), t º µ Ÿ Õ Ü, yyguo@mail.ccnu.edu.cn (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004) Ü, s v, Ü, f v, (Cohen, Cimbolic, Armeli, & Hettler, 1998), v,,, «Õ,, (stress-related growth) Ý(benefit-finding) (perceived benefit) (changes in outlook) Ÿ æ (psychological thriving) (Linley & Joseph, 2004), Joseph Linley (2006) (growth following adversity) Tedeschi Calhoun µ, º,, s ; Ÿ æ, s u Ÿ (psychological distress) p u;, s Õ,,, µ 114

2 18 1 š Ÿ v Ÿ (heart attacks) ä v, SARS HIV/AIDS Á s, (Mehnert & Koch, 2007) æ (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996), œ d (McMillen & Fisher, 1998) Õ v (McMillen, 2004) t µ,,» q» (McMillen, Zuravin, & Rideout, 1995) y,, ç p, (Joseph, Linley, & Harris, 2005),, (Cohen, Hettler, & Pane, 1998), (resilience) (hardiness) (sense of coherence) Ý (making sense), Å, uÿ (psychological resilience) y,, (Yu & Zhang, 2007), º Ÿ, µ º, Ÿ Ü Ü,, Ü Ü, Ü, (Linley & Joseph, 2005), y,, u Õ (Westphal & Bonanno, 2007) 2 š 2.1 q, œ (Aslikesimci & Tulin, 2005; Park, Cohen, & Murch, 1996), Polatinsky Esprey (2000) q µ,,, ç, Ý œ (Lechner, et al., 2003), µ (Jaarsma, Pool, Sanderman, & Ranchor, 2006) ç (Maguen, Vogt, King, L. A., King, D. W., & Litz, 2006),, œ (Siegel, Schrimshaw, & Pretter, 2005),, f Ü ç (Bellizzi & Blank, 2006) q, t š, Õ (Calhoun, Cann, Tedeschi, & McMillan, 2000), (spirituality) Õ (Cadell, Regdhr, & Hemsworth, 2003) Õ, t Ý w (Proeeitt, Cann, Calhoun, & Tedeschi, 2007; Urcuyo, Boyers, Carver, & Antoni, 2005), µ, ã t, t» (Laufer & Solomon, 2006) Shaw, Joseph Linley (2005) 11 t (religion) u» t Œ Õ ; t ; t p (readiness to face existential questions) t Ÿ t (intrinsic

3 -116- Ÿ q z 2010 religiousness) Œ,  v Shakespeare-Finch Copping (2006) µ, p, (spirituality) t î Samuel, Cecilia Rainbow (2004) ð 188 µ,  2.2 (1), œ (Armeli, Gunthert, & Cohen, 2001) x Å, Å Ÿ (Goral, Kesimci, & Gencoz, 2006) ç (Maguen, et al., 2006), u (Barakat, Alderfer, & Kazak, 2006), q µ,, u, Œ,» Ý(Lechner, et al., 2003), µ Õ, Tomich Helgeson (2004) Åç, t y Ÿ ö, š, Õ (2),, µ Ö œ x (McMillen & Fisher, 1998), p, w (McMillen, Smith, & Fisher, 1997) 18, Å Ÿ, (Ickovics, et al., 2006), œ (Park, et al., 1996) µ, ; Åš, µ (3) ç (Park, et al., 1996; Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996), Stanton, Bower Low (2006),,, Zoellner Maercker (2006),,, ç, 2.3, Õ (Park, et al., 1996; Zoellner, Rabe, Karl, & Maercker, 2008), p, ç (Bellizzi & Blank, 2006), Ÿ µ ç 8 Ö (Affleck, Tennen, Croog, & Levine, 1987), t t, Õ t» (Samuel, Kwung, & Jessie, 2008), š æ t Å Åš (Luszczynska, Mohamed, & Schwarzer, 2005), Ÿ æ Å (Abraido- Lanza, Guier, & Colon, 1998)» (Evers et al., 2001), (resilience) Õ, ç (Hooper, Marotta, & Lanthier, 2008), (perceived positive attributes) (Ransom, Sheldon, & Jacobsen, 2008) á (rumination soon after the event) Õ, (Taku, Calhoun, Cann, & Tedeschi, 2008), Õ (Weinrib, Rothrock, Johnsen, & Lutgendorf, 2006), æ (life meaningfulness) (Park, Edmondson, Fenster, & Blank, 2008),

4 18 1 š Ÿ µ, œ,, ¹,, (Davis, Wohl, & Verberg, 2007), ö, ö œ (Ransom et al., 2008),, œ» (wisdom), s t (Linley, 2003) 2.4 u µ œ, œ u (Karanci & Erkam, 2007; Schwarzer, Luszczynska, Boehmer, Taubert, & Knoll, 2006), Õ, Weiss (2004), œ, p», p Å, Å», ( ) (Manne et al., 2004), µ (Lev-Wiesel & Amir, 2003) Lechner Antoni (2004), œ z, s ç œ,, w (fatalistic coping strategies), œ (Aslikesimci & Tulin, 2005), Õ ç (Bellizzi & Blank, 2006), Ÿ Ü (Goral et al., 2006), w, (Morris, Shakespeare- Finch, & Scott, 2007), ç 12 (Sears, Stanton, & Danoff-Burg, 2003),,» (Widows, Jacobsen, Booth-Jones, & Fields, 2005),, š Õ Ÿ æ Å, Ÿ æ Å (Abraido-Lanza et al., 1998), 9, ç (Manne et al., 2004), Õ Õ, Õ, Ü œæ (thriving) (Norlander, Schedvin, & Archer, 2005), µ p µ 1 Ü ç (Thornton & Perez, 2006) µ, u,, ï, œ t, Œ, y á,, u,», z ý ¼º, Ÿ Ÿ Ü Ÿ Ü, Õ Õ,, 3 Ÿ Â, Ü, º (Siegeletal.,2005), (emotional distress) (Urcuyo et al., 2005),

5 -118- Ÿ q z 2010 Ü Õ (McCausland & Pakenham, 2003), ç 6 Ÿ (Park & Fenster, 2004), Ý Ÿ, æ Õ, Å (Pakenham, 2005), õ Ÿ, Ÿ (Danoff- Burg & Revenson, 2005), , Ý ç 3 º æ ½ ŸÜ (Schwarzer et al., 2006) Ÿ Õ Ý º, Ü (Mohr, Dick, Russo, Likosky, & Goodkin, 1999), Á º œ Õ (Mcgrath & Linley, 2006) p œ º (CES-D) Ryff Ÿ (Ryff s Well-Being Scales) œ (Cordova, Cunningham, Carison, & Andrykowski, 2001), æ (Thornton & Perez, 2006),, Ü Ÿ (Hobfoll et al., 2007) Ÿ,, Ÿ Õ, Ÿ p u, p»,» (Tedischi & Calhoun, 2004), Ÿ, Å z,  Ÿ p ;, Ÿ µ,, 1 5~8 x, Ý, Ý (Lechner, Carver, Antoni, Weaver, & Phillips, 2006),, Ÿ t ç µ (Helgeson et al., 2006) µ Ú(Tomich & Helgeson, 2004) Õ (Cordova et al., 2001) Ÿ 4 z ÕÅ, t, q Ý,,,,, q, î, Ý y w, (Sear et al., 2003), (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004), œ, Œ, ž, v, (Cadell, 2007) (self-perceived posttraumatic growth) (Zoellner & Maercker, 2006), Å,,,, µ (world assumptions),, x (Joseph & Linley, 2005), t t t,,, x, z, š, Ÿ

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