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Trait Resilience Moderates the Longitudinal Linkage between Adolescent Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Posttraumatic Growth
Ying, Liuhua; Wang, Yanli; Lin, Chongde; Chen, Chuansheng
School Psychology International, v37 n3 p207-222 Jun 2016
The current study examined the longitudinal association between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and posttraumatic growth (PTG) as well as the moderating role of trait resilience in that association. Participants completed measures of PTSD symptoms, PTG, and trait resilience at 12, 18, and 24 months after the Wenchuan earthquake. Results showed that after adjusting PTG at wave 1, PTSD symptoms at wave 1 were positively and significantly related to PTG at wave 2 for low-resilience individuals, but not for individuals with the other two levels (middle and high) of trait resilience. After adjusting PTSD symptoms at wave 1, PTG at wave 1 was positively and significantly related to PTSD symptoms at wave 2 for middle-resilience individuals, but not for individuals with the other two levels (low and high) of trait resilience. No other cross-lagged correlations were significant. Implications of the results for psychological service providers are discussed.
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Resilience (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Correlation, Longitudinal Studies, Role, Measures (Individuals), Natural Disasters, Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents, Statistical Analysis
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