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Volume 24, Issue 153 (11-2025)
Journal of Psychological Science 2025, 24(153): 119-135 |
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Ahani pour abarghan K, Zargham Hajebi M, Fathi Aghdam G. (2025). Explaining the Model of Post-Traumatic Growth Based on Flourishing with the Mediation of Self-Acceptance. Journal of Psychological Science. 24(153), 119-135. doi:10.61186/jps.24.153.119
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Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch, Qom, Iran. , Zarghamhajebi@gmail.com
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Background: Previous research has shown that psychological trauma can have profound effects on individuals' mental health. However, some individuals achieve a level of post-traumatic growth (PTG) after experiencing trauma. Flourishing, as one of the positive psychological dimensions, plays a significant role in this process. Nevertheless, the underlying mechanisms of this relationship, particularly the role of self-acceptance as a mediating factor, have been less explored.
Aims: The present study aimed to explain the model of post-traumatic growth based on flourishing with the mediation of self-acceptance.
Methods: The research method was descriptive-analytical, using structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all individuals who had experienced psychological trauma and sought psychological services at counseling centers in Tehran in 2023. Among them, 400 individuals were selected through convenience sampling and responded to the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996), the Flourishing Questionnaire (Salimi et al., 2017), and the Self-Acceptance Questionnaire (Chamberlain & Haaga, 2001). Data were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling in SPSS version 25 and PLS version 4.
Results: The findings of this study indicated that psychological flourishing has a significant positive impact on post-traumatic growth both directly and indirectly (through self-acceptance) (P < 0.05). Self-acceptance, as a mediating factor, plays a key role in facilitating the process of achieving post-traumatic growth (P < 0.05). These results emphasize the importance of enhancing self-acceptance and flourishing in psychological interventions for individuals who have experienced trauma.
Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that strengthening psychological flourishing and self-acceptance can help individuals achieve a level of growth and personal excellence after experiencing psychological trauma. These findings indicate that psychological interventions should focus on increasing self-acceptance and flourishing to help individuals better adapt to the consequences of trauma and achieve post-traumatic growth.
Aims: The present study aimed to explain the model of post-traumatic growth based on flourishing with the mediation of self-acceptance.
Methods: The research method was descriptive-analytical, using structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all individuals who had experienced psychological trauma and sought psychological services at counseling centers in Tehran in 2023. Among them, 400 individuals were selected through convenience sampling and responded to the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996), the Flourishing Questionnaire (Salimi et al., 2017), and the Self-Acceptance Questionnaire (Chamberlain & Haaga, 2001). Data were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling in SPSS version 25 and PLS version 4.
Results: The findings of this study indicated that psychological flourishing has a significant positive impact on post-traumatic growth both directly and indirectly (through self-acceptance) (P < 0.05). Self-acceptance, as a mediating factor, plays a key role in facilitating the process of achieving post-traumatic growth (P < 0.05). These results emphasize the importance of enhancing self-acceptance and flourishing in psychological interventions for individuals who have experienced trauma.
Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that strengthening psychological flourishing and self-acceptance can help individuals achieve a level of growth and personal excellence after experiencing psychological trauma. These findings indicate that psychological interventions should focus on increasing self-acceptance and flourishing to help individuals better adapt to the consequences of trauma and achieve post-traumatic growth.
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Received: 2025/02/3 | Accepted: 2025/04/9 | Published: 2025/11/24
Received: 2025/02/3 | Accepted: 2025/04/9 | Published: 2025/11/24
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