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Attachment and psychological adaptation in high exposure survivors of the September 11th attack on the World Trade CenterR Chris Fraley
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 61820, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 32:538-51. 2006..Highly dismissing adults were viewed by their friends and family as showing neither increments nor decrements in adjustment, despite the fact that highly dismissing people self-reported relatively high levels of PTSD and depression...
Annual Research Review: Positive adjustment to adversity--trajectories of minimal-impact resilience and emergent resilienceGeorge A Bonanno
Columbia University Teachers College, New York, NY 10027, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 54:378-401. 2013..Relatively more recently, the study of resilience has migrated to the investigation of isolated PTE in adults...- Meaning making, adversity, and regulatory flexibilityGeorge A Bonanno
a Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, USA
Memory 21:150-6. 2013..Finally, I close by suggesting a basic framework, informed by the flexibility construct, that might guide future research on meaning making... 
Trajectories of resilience, depression, and anxiety following spinal cord injuryGeorge A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, Box 218, New York, NY 10027, USA
Rehabil Psychol 57:236-47. 2012..Data were analyzed using latent growth mixture modeling to determine the best-fitting model of depression and anxiety trajectories. Covariates assessed during hospitalization were explored as predictors of the trajectories...- Trajectories of trauma symptoms and resilience in deployed U.S. military service members: prospective cohort studyGeorge A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, Box 218, New York, NY 10027, USA
Br J Psychiatry 200:317-23. 2012..Most previous attempts to determine the psychological cost of military deployment have been limited by reliance on convenience samples, lack of pre-deployment data or confidentiality and cross-sectional designs... - Hopefulness predicts resilience after hereditary colorectal cancer genetic testing: a prospective outcome trajectories studySamuel M Y Ho
Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
BMC Cancer 10:279. 2010..This prospective longitudinal study investigated the factors that predict psychological resilience in adults undergoing genetic testing for HCRC... - The varieties of grief experienceG A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, Box 218, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 21:705-34. 2001..Finally, we found no evidence to support the proposed delayed grief category. We close by suggesting directions for subsequent research... - Resilience to loss in bereaved spouses, bereaved parents, and bereaved gay menGeorge A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 88:827-43. 2005..Resilient individuals were not distinguished by the quality of their relationship with spouse/partner or caregiver burden but were rated more positively and as better adjusted by close friends... - Self-enhancement among high-exposure survivors of the September 11th terrorist attack: resilience or social maladjustment?George A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 88:984-98. 2005..However, consistent with previous evidence suggesting a social cost to self-enhancement, at 18 months post-September 11th, self-enhancers' friends and relatives also rated them as decreasing in social adjustment and as being less honest... - Psychological resilience after disaster: New York City in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attackGeorge A Bonanno
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Psychol Sci 17:181-6. 2006..1% of the sample. Resilience was less prevalent among more highly exposed individuals, but the frequency of resilience never fell below one third even among the exposure groups with the most dramatic elevations in PTSD... - The human capacity to thrive in the face of potential traumaGeorge A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 W 120th St, New York, NY 10027, USA
Pediatrics 121:369-75. 2008..Given the growing evidence that resilience is common, psychotherapeutic treatment should be reserved for those in genuine need... - Context matters: the benefits and costs of expressing positive emotion among survivors of childhood sexual abuseGeorge A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Emotion 7:824-37. 2007..These findings suggest that the benefits of positive emotional expression may often be context specific... - What predicts psychological resilience after disaster? The role of demographics, resources, and life stressGeorge A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:671-82. 2007..Implications for future research and intervention are discussed... - Resilience to loss and potential traumaGeorge A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 7:511-35. 2011..Finally, we critically evaluate the question of whether resilience-building interventions can actually make people more resilient, and we close with suggestions for future research on resilience... - Grief processing and deliberate grief avoidance: a prospective comparison of bereaved spouses and parents in the United States and the People's Republic of ChinaGeorge A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 73:86-98. 2005..However, among the participants in the People's Republic of China, neither grief processing nor deliberate avoidance evidenced clear psychological consequences... - The crucial importance of empirical evidence in the development of bereavement theory: reply to Archer (2001)G A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, 525 West 120th Street, Box 218, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
Psychol Bull 127:561-4. 2001..Last, the author shows that Bonanno and Kaltman have championed rather than ignored avoidant or distancing processes... - When the face reveals what words do not: facial expressions of emotion, smiling, and the willingness to disclose childhood sexual abuseGeorge A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 83:94-110. 2002..Discussion addressed the implications of these findings for the study of disclosure of traumatic events, facial expression, and the links between morality and emotion... - Resilience to loss and chronic grief: a prospective study from preloss to 18-months postlossGeorge A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 83:1150-64. 2002..Chronic grief was associated with preloss dependency and resilience with preloss acceptance of death and belief in a just world... - Psychological resilience and dysfunction among hospitalized survivors of the SARS epidemic in Hong Kong: a latent class approachGeorge A Bonanno
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Health Psychol 27:659-67. 2008..To examine trajectories of psychological functioning using latent class analysis on a sample of hospitalized survivors of the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in Hong Kong... - Predicting the willingness to disclose childhood sexual abuse from measures of repressive coping and dissociative tendenciesGeorge A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Child Maltreat 8:302-18. 2003..Repressors expressed greater negative and positive emotion and were relatively better adjusted, whereas dissociators expressed little emotion and had relatively poorer adjustment... - Loss, trauma, and human resilience: have we underestimated the human capacity to thrive after extremely aversive events?George A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street Box 218, New York, NY 10027, USA
Am Psychol 59:20-8. 2004.... - The importance of being flexible: the ability to both enhance and suppress emotional expression predicts long-term adjustmentGeorge A Bonanno
Clinical Psychology Program, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Psychol Sci 15:482-7. 2004..Memory deficits were also observed for both the enhancement and the suppression tasks, suggesting that both processes require cognitive resources... - Prospective patterns of resilience and maladjustment during widowhoodGeorge A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Psychol Aging 19:260-71. 2004..Both the resilient and the depressed-improved groups showed remarkably healthy profiles and relatively little evidence of either struggling with or denying/avoiding the loss... - Is there more to complicated grief than depression and posttraumatic stress disorder? A test of incremental validityGeorge A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 116:342-51. 2007..The findings provide convergent support for the incremental validity of complicated grief as an independent marker of bereavement-related psychopathology... - Shame, humiliation, and childhood sexual abuse: distinct contributions and emotional coherenceClaudio Negrao
Teachers College, Columbia University, USA
Child Maltreat 10:350-63. 2005..Coherence between verbal humiliation and facial shame among CSA nondisclosers was associated with increased symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder... - Resilience in the face of potential trauma: clinical practices and illustrationsAnthony D Mancini
Clinical Psychology Program, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
J Clin Psychol 62:971-85. 2006..We then present six clinical practices informed by the study of resilience, illustrating key points with clinical vignettes... - Resilient or at risk? A 4-year study of older adults who initially showed high or low distress following conjugal lossKathrin Boerner
Lighthouse International, 111 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 60:P67-73. 2005..Results underscore the need to refine the criteria used to identify those who are at risk for long-term problems... - Does repressive coping promote resilience? Affective-autonomic response discrepancy during bereavementKarin G Coifman
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 92:745-58. 2007..Results are discussed in terms of recent developments in cognitive and neuroimaging research suggesting that repressive coping may serve a protective function... - Expressive flexibilityMaren Westphal
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA
Emotion 10:92-100. 2010.... - Predictors and parameters of resilience to loss: toward an individual differences modelAnthony D Mancini
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, Box 102, New York, NY 10027, USA
J Pers 77:1805-32. 2009..We conclude by considering potential cultural constraints on resilience and future research directions... - Does attachment avoidance help people cope with loss? The moderating effects of relationship qualityAnthony D Mancini
Teachers College Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
J Clin Psychol 65:1127-36. 2009..Findings clarify the role of attachment avoidance in coping with loss and underscore that relationship quality is a critical factor in the attachment-grief relationship... - When distress does not become depression: emotion context sensitivity and adjustment to bereavementKarin G Coifman
Department of Psychology, 402 Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University, 1190 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code 5501, New York, NY 10027, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 119:479-90. 2010..Implications for future research and clinical intervention are discussed... - Culture and continuing bonds: a prospective comparison of bereavement in the United States and the People's Republic of ChinaKathleen M Lalande
Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA
Death Stud 30:303-24. 2006..The data suggest that culture should be addressed in the development of effective grief therapies, especially when considering continuing bonds with the deceased... - Marital closeness, functional disability, and adjustment in late lifeAnthony D Mancini
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10001, USA
Psychol Aging 21:600-10. 2006..Results are discussed in the context of SST and traditional stress-buffering models of social support... - Pre-bereavement meaning and post-bereavement distress in mothers of children who underwent haematopoietic stem cell transplantationLisa Wu
Department of Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
Br J Health Psychol 13:419-33. 2008..The purpose of this study was to explore the association of meaning-making with psychological adjustment to bereavement among mothers of children who had undergone haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)... - Continuing bonds and adjustment at 5 years after the death of a spouseNigel P Field
Department of Clinical Psychology, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, California 94303, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 71:110-7. 2003..Finally, greater satisfaction in the past relationship with the spouse was predictive of higher CBS scores. The results were discussed in relation to existing literature on the adaptiveness of continuing bonds... - Revictimization and self-harm in females who experienced childhood sexual abuse: results from a prospective studyJennie G Noll
University of Southern California, USA
J Interpers Violence 18:1452-71. 2003..Self-harm was positively correlated with both peritraumatic and pathological dissociation. Competing theoretical explanations for revictimization and self-harm are discussed and evaluated... - Attachment and loss: a test of three competing models on the association between attachment-related avoidance and adaptation to bereavementR Chris Fraley
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 30:878-90. 2004..e., those who are fearfully avoidant) have a difficult time adapting to the loss of a loved one, other avoidant adults (i.e., those who are dismissingly avoidant) show a pattern of resilience to loss... - Trauma and bereavement: examining the impact of sudden and violent deathsStacey Kaltman
Department of Psychology, The Catholic University of America, VA Capitol Healthcare Network, MIRECC, 10 N Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Anxiety Disord 17:131-47. 2003..This investigation suggests that violent death results in development of PTSD symptoms over and above the normal grief response and thus, may contribute to a more severe grief response... - Smiling in the face of adversity: the interpersonal and intrapersonal functions of smilingAnthony Papa
Boston VA Health Care System, 150 S Huntington Avenue 116B 5, Boston, MA 02130, USA
Emotion 8:1-12. 2008..Non-Duchenne smiles were not related to psychological adjustment. Neither Duchenne nor non-Duchenne smiles during the monologue task were related to personality variables assessed in this study... - The stage theory of griefGeorge A Bonanno
JAMA 297:2693; author reply 2693-4. 2007
Research Grants
- Cognitive and Emotional Mechanisms in Chronic GriefGeorge Bonanno; Fiscal Year: 2007..e., attentional preoccupation with social-moral rejection); and an exacerbation of their deficits in emotion regulation when they are primed with the representation of the deceased spouse. ..
- Cognitive and Emotional Mechanisms in Chronic GriefGeorge Bonanno; Fiscal Year: 2009..e., attentional preoccupation with social-moral rejection); and an exacerbation of their deficits in emotion regulation when they are primed with the representation of the deceased spouse. ..