APS

2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025

More Resilience and Emotional Intelligence and Lower Fluid Reasoning Predict Greater Posttraumatic Growth

Washington, DC · May 2025

Poster · Clinical Science

  • Mary Edmonds
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Kristine Jacquin
    Fielding Graduate University

Abstract

Most individuals have experienced trauma in their lives, yet prior studies are limited to examining emotional intelligence (EI) and resilience as protective factors against PTSD. We surveyed a diverse sample of 402 adults and found that more EI and resilience and less fluid reasoning predict posttraumatic growth.

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