TY - JOUR AU - Sylwia Wierzbicka AU - Maryla Malewicz-Sawicka PY - 2020/12/29 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Posttraumatic growth in detained patients with psychosis JF - Resocjalizacja Polska JA - rp VL - 0 IS - 20 SE - Research Reports DO - 10.22432/pjsr.2020.20.20 UR - https://resocjalizacjapolska.pl/index.php/rp/article/view/319 AB - The study concerns the relationship of personality and situational factors with posttraumatic growth in people suffering from schizophrenia who have experienced varioustypes of traumatic events. The study group included people who committed an offense and were detained (N = 30), and the control group – patients hospitalized in the Daily Ward ofPsychiatric Rehabilitation (N = 30). The following tools were used to measure the examined variables: NEO Five-Factor Inventory, Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, sociodemographic variables questionnaire and Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. The study group presented higher results in posttraumatic growth than the control group. Results indicated that patients fromthe control group attained higher results in Neuroticism, however patients from the study group – in Extraversion. In both groups the most frequently indicated traumatic event waschronic disease. ER -