Seven months ago Brandon witnessed the attack of a close friend. Although this was a terrible experience, in time he was able to move on. He developed a greater appreciation for life, his relationships with family members became more meaningful, and he became more involved in his faith. Brandon's response is known as ___________

In psychology, the term posttraumatic growth refers to the positive personality change that happens as a result of experiencing traumatic life events.

We usually think of traumatic life events as something negative, but actually, some people actually find that a traumatic event can have a transformational role in personality and it facilitates growth.

In this case, Brandon witnessed the attack of a close friend. He then developed a greater appreciation for life, his relationships became more meaningful and he became more involved with his faith. Brandon experienced a traumatic event as a witness of the attack. However, this event had a transformational role in his personality and therefore we can say that this response exemplifies posttraumatic growth.