ABSTRACT

Stress and trauma research has traditionally focused on negative sequelae of adversity. Cancer is one of the most traumatic experience. Cancer survivors report that cancer can elicit symptoms of traumatic stress, but also personal growth. Recently, research has begun to focus on positive outcomes, specifically posttraumatic growth (PTG) which described as emphasizes the positive transformative potential of one's experiences with highly stressful events and circumstances. This review examines concept of posttraumatic growth among cancer survivors of childhood cancer and affecting factors.