Better for it: How people benefit from adversity
Better for it: How people benefit from adversity
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DOI：
10.1093/sw/44.5.455
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发表时间：
1999-09-01
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影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
McMillen, JC
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作者：
McMillen, JC
最近，几个不同领域的研究人员发现，经历过严重不良事件的人经常报告说，这些经历给他们带来了积极的改变。这些研究中的受访者通常报告了各种不同的好处，并报告说他们也因相同的经历而受到伤害。研究提出了几个可能解释这些益处报告的过程：有目的地改变生活结构、因脆弱经历而改变对他人和世界的看法、获得所需的支持以及在逆境中寻找意义。思考好处可能有助于创伤事件的幸存者处理痛苦的信息。本文提供了如何在治疗关系中引入和管理福利内容的指导，并鼓励社会工作者谨慎反映案主未声明的利益，鼓励对可能产生利益的领域进行自我评估，探索发现的任何好处，并帮助案主计划积极的改变。这一过程与社会工作实践的优势视角和建构主义方法很好地融合。
Recently, researchers in several different fields have discovered that people who have experienced seriously adverse events frequently report that they were positively changed by the experience. Respondents in these studies typically have reported a variety of different benefits and have reported that they also were harmed by the same experiences. The research suggests several processes that may account for these reports of benefit: purposeful changes in life structure, changes in views of others and the world that result from the experience of vulnerability, the receipt of needed support, and the search for meaning in adversity. Thinking about benefits may help survivors of traumatic events process painful information. This article offers guidance on how to introduce and manage benefit content within a therapeutic relationship and encourages social workers to cautiously reflect clients' unstated benefits, encourage self-assessments in areas where benefits may accrue, explore any benefits discovered, and help clients plan for positive changes. This process converges well with the strengths perspective and constructivist approaches to social work practice.