TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Coping, rumination and posttraumatic growth in people affected by an earthquake
JO  - Psicothema
A1  - García, Felipe E.
A1  - Cova, Félix
A1  - Rincón, Paulina
A1  - Vázquez, Carmelo
A1  - Páez, Darío
SP  - 59
EP  - 65
VL  - 28
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND: In this article, the evaluation of a structural model that seeks to identify predictors and mediators of posttraumatic growth (PTG) of people affected by a natural disaster is presented. <br><br>METHOD: The sample was composed of 349 adult men and women who experienced the earthquake and tsunami on February 27, 2010 in Chile. A modeling with structural equations was used, contrasting two predictive models of PTG. The latent variables assessed were subjective severity, social sharing of emotion, intrusive rumination, deliberate rumination, problem-focused coping and posttraumatic growth. <br><br>RESULTS: The best fit was obtained with the model that shows a direct influence of the subjective severity, problem-focused coping, and deliberate rumination in the presence of PTG. Problem-focused coping mediated the relation between subjective severity and social sharing with PTG. In turn, deliberate rumination mediated the relation of problem-focused coping and intrusive rumination with PTG. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The results show the relevant role of cognitive processes such as deliberate rumination and behavioral processes such as problem-focused coping in the presence of PTG.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0214-9915
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2015.100
ID  - ref1
ER  -