The Experience of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder after the Death of a Loved-one: Posttraumatic Growth

Student: Parkhaeva Viktoriya

Educational Programme: Counselling Psychology. Personality Studies (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2019

The aim of this paper is to determine the experience of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after the death of a loved one. This research also focuses on the experience of post-traumatic growth (PTR). This research attempts to show how a person experiences the death of a loved one, how PTSD and PTR processes can coexist in it. In addition, this research attempts to analyze these processes from A. Längle’s theory of fundamental motivations point of view. We used qualitative research through the analysis of interviews with respondents. As a result, it was determined the experience of PTSD and PTR after the death of a loved one, as well as the contention with four fundamental motivations. The major finde was a scheme, that refined links of categories and reflection of the experiencing process.

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