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Motivational mediation between coping and post-traumatic growth in previously bullied college students

Research has consistently shown that experiences of peer victimization may have long lasting negative consequences on health and academic achievement. Less attention has been paid to the association between past bullying and post-traumatic growth in college students. This cross-sectional study aims...

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Autores principales: Ravelo, Yennifer, Alegre, Olga M., Marrero, Hipólito, Gonzalez-Mendez, Rosaura
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9808055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36605261
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1048270
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author Ravelo, Yennifer
Alegre, Olga M.
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Gonzalez-Mendez, Rosaura
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description Research has consistently shown that experiences of peer victimization may have long lasting negative consequences on health and academic achievement. Less attention has been paid to the association between past bullying and post-traumatic growth in college students. This cross-sectional study aims to examine the role of different motivational orientations (The Behavioral Inhibition and Behavioral Activation Systems (BIS/BAS) and regulatory focus) as potential mediators between cognitive strategies (rumination and resilient coping) and post-traumatic growth (PTG). Using a large sample of 1,134 college students, 85 were selected who were in their first year of college and had reported having previously experienced bullying. After classifying the participants acording to their the 33(rd) and 66(th) percentile scores on post-traumatic growth, a univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated significant differences between the low and high groups, with those highest in PTG showing the highest scores on drive approach, focus on promotion, and resilient coping. Conditional process analysis with these significant variables revealed that regulatory focus on promotion mediates between resilient coping and post-traumatic growth, whereas drive moderates the link between both variables. The findings shed light on the motivational mechanisms underlying PTG, which may be useful to guide interventions to prevent the consequences of bullying.
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spelling pubmed-98080552023-01-04 Motivational mediation between coping and post-traumatic growth in previously bullied college students Ravelo, Yennifer Alegre, Olga M. Marrero, Hipólito Gonzalez-Mendez, Rosaura Front Psychol Psychology Research has consistently shown that experiences of peer victimization may have long lasting negative consequences on health and academic achievement. Less attention has been paid to the association between past bullying and post-traumatic growth in college students. This cross-sectional study aims to examine the role of different motivational orientations (The Behavioral Inhibition and Behavioral Activation Systems (BIS/BAS) and regulatory focus) as potential mediators between cognitive strategies (rumination and resilient coping) and post-traumatic growth (PTG). Using a large sample of 1,134 college students, 85 were selected who were in their first year of college and had reported having previously experienced bullying. After classifying the participants acording to their the 33(rd) and 66(th) percentile scores on post-traumatic growth, a univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated significant differences between the low and high groups, with those highest in PTG showing the highest scores on drive approach, focus on promotion, and resilient coping. Conditional process analysis with these significant variables revealed that regulatory focus on promotion mediates between resilient coping and post-traumatic growth, whereas drive moderates the link between both variables. The findings shed light on the motivational mechanisms underlying PTG, which may be useful to guide interventions to prevent the consequences of bullying. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9808055/ /pubmed/36605261 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1048270 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ravelo, Alegre, Marrero and Gonzalez-Mendez. https://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) and the copyright owner(s) 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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Motivational mediation between coping and post-traumatic growth in previously bullied college students
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title_short Motivational mediation between coping and post-traumatic growth in previously bullied college students
title_sort motivational mediation between coping and post-traumatic growth in previously bullied college students
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9808055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36605261
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