Dr. Ryan Kilmer
Dr. Ryan Kilmer
Professor, Dept. of Psychological Science, UNC Charlotte

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Recent Publications – Listing » Recent Publications – By Topic Area » Posttraumatic Growth in Children and Youth

Posttraumatic Growth in Children and Youth

Kilmer, R.P., Armstrong, L.M., & Billingsley, J. (2024). Posttraumatic growth in children and youth. In. R. Berger (Ed.). The Routledge international handbook on posttraumatic growth (pp.123-140). New York: Routledge.

Andrades, M., García, F., & Kilmer, R. P. (2021). Posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth in children and adolescents 12 months and 24 months after the earthquake and tsunamis in Chile in 2010: A longitudinal study. International Journal of Psychology. 56, 48–55. doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12718

Glad, K.A., Kilmer, R.P., Dyb, G., & Hafstad, G.S. (2019). Caregiver-reported positive changes in young survivors of a terrorist attack.  Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28, 704-719. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-018-1298-7

Kilmer, R.P., Gil-Rivas, V., Griese, B., Hardy, S.J.**, Hafstad, G.S., & Alisic, E. (2014). Posttraumatic growth in children and youth: Clinical implications of an emerging research literature. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 84, 506-518

Taku, K., Kilmer, R.P., Cann, A., Tedeschi, R.G., & Calhoun, L.G. (2012). Exploring posttraumatic growth in Japanese youth. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 4, 411-419. DOI: 10.1037/a0024363.

Meyerson, D.A., Grant, K.E., Carter, J.S., & Kilmer, R.P. (2011). Posttraumatic growth among children and adolescents: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 31, 949-964. DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2011.06.003

Hafstad, G.S., Kilmer, R.P., & Gil-Rivas, V. (2011). Posttraumatic growth among Norwegian children and adolescents exposed to the 2004 tsunami.  Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 3, 130-138. DOI: 10.1037/a0023236

Kilmer, R.P., & Gil-Rivas, V. (2010). Exploring posttraumatic growth in children impacted by Hurricane Katrina: Correlates of the phenomenon and developmental considerations. Child Development, 81, 1211-1227. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01463.x

Hafstad, G.S., Gil-Rivas, V., Kilmer, R.P., & Raeder, S. (2010). Assessing relationships between parental adjustment, family functioning, and posttraumatic growth in Norwegian children and adolescents following a natural disaster. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 80, 248-257. DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01028.x

Kilmer, R.P., Gil-Rivas, V., Tedeschi, R.G., Cann, A., Calhoun, L.G., Buchanan, T., & Taku, K. (2009). Use of the revised Posttraumatic Growth Inventory for Children (PTGI-C-R). Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22, 248-253. DOI: 10.1002/jts.20410

Kilmer, R.P., & Gil-Rivas, V. (2008). Posttraumatic growth in youth following disasters. (Invited).  The Prevention Researcher, 15, 18-20.

Cryder**, C.H., Kilmer, R.P., Tedeschi, R.G., & Calhoun, L.G. (2006). An exploratory study of posttraumatic growth in children following a natural disaster. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76, 65-69. DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.1.65

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