Exploring Posttraumatic Growth in Young Survivors
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Fayaz, I., & Khanna, P. (2025). Understanding Posttraumatic Growth in Conflict-Affected Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Scoping Review. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2025.2510277
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports that armed conflicts burden children, comprising nearly half of the population in most war and conflict regions. Despite experiencing trauma from exposure to armed conflict, some children experience positive psychological change as well. This study aims to systematically review existing literature to explore the factors that promote posttraumatic growth in children and adolescents exposed to armed conflict. The systematic scoping review followed five consecutive steps specified in the Arksey and O’Malley framework. Exploring six databases, PubMed, Science Direct, ProQuest, Scopus, Cochrane, and Web of Science, the authors identified and assessed 51 articles, of which seven satisfied the inclusion criteria. The review findings suggest that the mean prevalence of posttraumatic growth in children and adolescents exposed to armed conflict ranges from 2.50 to 81.84 as per the posttraumatic growth inventory total scores (using the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory), with possible scores ranging from 0 to 105. Demographic factors and posttraumatic stress, religious and cultural practices, and social support were suggested to be associated with posttraumatic growth. Read Here…
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