After losing their farm to a flood, Mr. and Mrs. Gregory report feeling their relationship has improved and they have more excitement for the next phase of life. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory are experiencing the post-disaster phenomena of:
A) Hope
B) Peer support
C) Collaboration
D) Posttraumatic growth

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Resilience is the ability to return to baseline functioning after trauma. In addition to facilitating resilience, mental health intervention post-disaster can foster posttraumatic growth (PTG), improvement beyond pre-trauma adaptation that can sometimes be deeply profound (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004).
PTG is a "positive psychological change experienced as the result of the struggle with highly challenging life circumstances" (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004, p. 1). The cognitive and emotional "struggle [emphasis added] with the new reality in the aftermath of trauma" (italics added, p. 5) is crucial for PTG to occur. The five domains in which positive changes typically take place in the PTG process include:
• "Greater appreciation of life and a changed sense of priorities,"
• "Greater sense of personal strength" and capabilities,
• Deeper, more meaningful relationships with others,
• "Recognition of new possibilities or paths for one's life," and
• Richer spiritual life and/or renewal (Rollins, 2012, para. 9).
Three factors appear to facilitate PTG:
1. The individual personality characteristics of extraversion, positive affect, optimism, ability to manage distressing emotions, and openness to experience,
2. The degree to which a person discloses their feelings and perceptions of the traumatic event (tells their story) and the social support the person receives in response to that disclosure, and
3. Cognitive processing of the event/trauma in which resolving discrepancy and developing new life schemas are the outcomes (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004).

After Losing Their Farm to a Flood, Mr