This summer I will travel to Uganda and work on a participatory action research project with Gulu University and a group of formerly abducted young women. Although the impact of war on children is almost always severe there is research that indicates that positive adaptation can follow exposure to armed conflict. Often this growth is indicated as a result of a lack of PTSD symptoms. I am looking for a validated instrument to measure posttraumatic resilience.
Hi Michelle,
I am not aware of the exact instruments, but would recommend checking the publications of this researcher as he is an expert in resilience:
Michael Ungar, Dalhousie University (he is director of the Resilience Research Centre and has done research on resilience across many cultures including Africa)
http://resilienceresearch.org/research/resources/publications/24-peer-reviewed-journal-articles
Toula
Raija-Leena Punamäki, for instance, has published papers on resilience in children in Gaza. That could be a good first approach.
See also the review by Ann S. Masten and Angela J. Narayan (2012) Annu. Rev. Psychol.63:227-257.
As Julia above suggested, I wonder if it might be useful to use the revised impact of events scale?
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