Is There Always Value to Adversity? : Looking Beyond What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger.
In Is There Always Value to Adversity?, Eranda Jayawickreme examines whether post-traumatic growth--the positive changes people report after adversity--reflects real transformation or is simply a coping mechanism. As Jayawickreme explains, the idea that struggle, trauma, and adversity can be a catal...
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New York :
Oxford University Press, Incorporated,
2026.
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In Is There Always Value to Adversity?, Eranda Jayawickreme examines whether post-traumatic growth--the positive changes people report after adversity--reflects real transformation or is simply a coping mechanism. As Jayawickreme explains, the idea that struggle, trauma, and adversity can be a catalyst for positive outcomes has a long intellectual history. He outlines the history of this thinking, tracking its development in different cultural, religious, and philosophical traditions. He then discusses its recent emergence as a popular topic and critically evaluates the current research, highlighting guidelines for how we should think about this phenomenon. Ultimately, Jayawickreme asks: is growth through suffering real, or just a comforting story we tell ourselves?.
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9780197515488
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