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Trauma or growth after a natural disaster? The mediating role of rumination processes
The aim of this study was to test a cognitive model of posttraumatic symptoms (PTS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) after exposure to a natural disaster. It was hypothesized that although subjective severity of trauma would be related to the severity of PTS, this relation would be mediated by broodin...
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Co-Action Publishing
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4522433/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26234365 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v6.26557 |
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author | García, Felipe E. Cova, Félix Rincón, Paulina Vázquez, Carmelo |
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description | The aim of this study was to test a cognitive model of posttraumatic symptoms (PTS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) after exposure to a natural disaster. It was hypothesized that although subjective severity of trauma would be related to the severity of PTS, this relation would be mediated by brooding and cognitive strategies related to the presence of repetitive negative content in thoughts. Furthermore, the relation between severity and PTG would be fully mediated by deliberate rumination (DR), cognitive strategies related to conscious efforts focused on handling the event. To evaluate the cognitive model, adults (N=351) who lost their homes as a result of the earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Chile on February 27, 2010, were selected. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. The resulting model had adequate indices of goodness adjustment and showed that brooding completely mediated the relation between subjective severity and PTS, and DR completely mediated the relation between subjective severity, brooding, and PTG. These results highlight the role of both the content and process of rumination in mediating the association between subjective severity of trauma, PTS, and PTG. The implications of these results for a more comprehensive model of symptom severity that occurs after trauma are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-45224332015-08-26 Trauma or growth after a natural disaster? The mediating role of rumination processes García, Felipe E. Cova, Félix Rincón, Paulina Vázquez, Carmelo Eur J Psychotraumatol Clinical Research Article The aim of this study was to test a cognitive model of posttraumatic symptoms (PTS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) after exposure to a natural disaster. It was hypothesized that although subjective severity of trauma would be related to the severity of PTS, this relation would be mediated by brooding and cognitive strategies related to the presence of repetitive negative content in thoughts. Furthermore, the relation between severity and PTG would be fully mediated by deliberate rumination (DR), cognitive strategies related to conscious efforts focused on handling the event. To evaluate the cognitive model, adults (N=351) who lost their homes as a result of the earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Chile on February 27, 2010, were selected. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. The resulting model had adequate indices of goodness adjustment and showed that brooding completely mediated the relation between subjective severity and PTS, and DR completely mediated the relation between subjective severity, brooding, and PTG. These results highlight the role of both the content and process of rumination in mediating the association between subjective severity of trauma, PTS, and PTG. The implications of these results for a more comprehensive model of symptom severity that occurs after trauma are discussed. Co-Action Publishing 2015-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4522433/ /pubmed/26234365 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v6.26557 Text en © 2015 Felipe E. García et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, and to remix, transform, and build upon the material, for any purpose, even commercially, under the condition that appropriate credit is given, that a link to the license is provided, and that you indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. |
spellingShingle | Clinical Research Article García, Felipe E. Cova, Félix Rincón, Paulina Vázquez, Carmelo Trauma or growth after a natural disaster? The mediating role of rumination processes |
title | Trauma or growth after a natural disaster? The mediating role of rumination processes |
title_full | Trauma or growth after a natural disaster? The mediating role of rumination processes |
title_fullStr | Trauma or growth after a natural disaster? The mediating role of rumination processes |
title_full_unstemmed | Trauma or growth after a natural disaster? The mediating role of rumination processes |
title_short | Trauma or growth after a natural disaster? The mediating role of rumination processes |
title_sort | trauma or growth after a natural disaster? the mediating role of rumination processes |
topic | Clinical Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4522433/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26234365 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v6.26557 |
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