Abstract
The present study examined the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and
post traumatic growth (PTG) among women who were internally displaced from their native
areas, because of terrorist activities. The sample consisted of 130 women living in IDPs camps
located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It was hypothesized that there would be a
positive relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and post traumatic growth; and
that PTSD would be a significant predictor of PTG among women who lost their near family
member/s in terrorist activities. A checklist was prepared by the researcher based on DSM-IV-
TR and SCID (Structural Clinical Interview for Diagnosis) for the assessment of PTSD, therafter
called PTSD scale. This newly developed PTSD scale and the Urdu version of Post Traumatic
Growth Inventory (Kausar & Saghir, 2010) were administered on all women comprising our
sample. The results revealed a curvilinear relationship between PTSD and PTG. Moreover PTSD
significantly predicted PTG not only among those who had lost near family member/s during
terrorist activities but also among those who did not suffer such loss, though the effect was
seen among the later group only when the PTSD variable was squared.
