Longitudinal Relationships between Social Support and Posttraumatic Growth among Adolescent Survivors of the Wenchuan Earthquake

This study aimed to explore the longitudinal relationships between social support and posttraumatic growth (PTG) among adolescent survivors of the Wenchuan earthquake. Follow-up assessments were conducted with 452 participants at 12, 18, and 24 months after the earthquake. The results showed that th...

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Autores principales: Jia, Xuji, Liu, Xia, Ying, Liuhua, Lin, Chongde
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5532511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28804469
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01275
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description This study aimed to explore the longitudinal relationships between social support and posttraumatic growth (PTG) among adolescent survivors of the Wenchuan earthquake. Follow-up assessments were conducted with 452 participants at 12, 18, and 24 months after the earthquake. The results showed that the level of social support at 12 and 18 months following the earthquake predicted subsequent PTG, but not vice versa. In addition, multi-group analyses of gender showed no gender differences between social support and PTG in the cross-lagged model. Thus, psychological interventions and care for survivors should focus on improving adolescent perceptions of social support when responding to stressful experiences.
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spelling pubmed-55325112017-08-11 Longitudinal Relationships between Social Support and Posttraumatic Growth among Adolescent Survivors of the Wenchuan Earthquake Jia, Xuji Liu, Xia Ying, Liuhua Lin, Chongde Front Psychol Psychology This study aimed to explore the longitudinal relationships between social support and posttraumatic growth (PTG) among adolescent survivors of the Wenchuan earthquake. Follow-up assessments were conducted with 452 participants at 12, 18, and 24 months after the earthquake. The results showed that the level of social support at 12 and 18 months following the earthquake predicted subsequent PTG, but not vice versa. In addition, multi-group analyses of gender showed no gender differences between social support and PTG in the cross-lagged model. Thus, psychological interventions and care for survivors should focus on improving adolescent perceptions of social support when responding to stressful experiences. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5532511/ /pubmed/28804469 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01275 Text en Copyright © 2017 Jia, Liu, Ying and Lin. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Jia, Xuji
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Lin, Chongde
Longitudinal Relationships between Social Support and Posttraumatic Growth among Adolescent Survivors of the Wenchuan Earthquake
title Longitudinal Relationships between Social Support and Posttraumatic Growth among Adolescent Survivors of the Wenchuan Earthquake
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title_fullStr Longitudinal Relationships between Social Support and Posttraumatic Growth among Adolescent Survivors of the Wenchuan Earthquake
title_full_unstemmed Longitudinal Relationships between Social Support and Posttraumatic Growth among Adolescent Survivors of the Wenchuan Earthquake
title_short Longitudinal Relationships between Social Support and Posttraumatic Growth among Adolescent Survivors of the Wenchuan Earthquake
title_sort longitudinal relationships between social support and posttraumatic growth among adolescent survivors of the wenchuan earthquake
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5532511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28804469
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01275
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