No pain, no gain: cross-lagged analyses of posttraumatic growth and anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress and prolonged grief symptoms after loss.
Maarten C EismaLonneke I M LenferinkMargaret S StroebePaul A BoelenHenk A W SchutPublished in: Anxiety, stress, and coping (2019)
Findings suggest PTG after loss has no substantive negative or positive effects on mental health. Development of specific treatments to increase PTG after bereavement therefore appears premature.