TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Self-esteem and hope mediate the relations between social support and post-traumatic stress disorder and growth in adolescents following the Ya'an earthquake
JO  - Anxiety, stress, and coping
A1  - Zhou, Xiao
A1  - Wu, Xinchun
A1  - Zhen, Rui
SP  - 32
EP  - 45
VL  - 31
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Although posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) can co-exist, and several theories suggest that social support, self-esteem, and hope can predict both PTSD and PTG, no study to date has examined the combined role of social support, self-esteem, and hope in PTSD and PTG. The present study aimed to simultaneously examine the mediating roles of self-esteem and hope in the relations between social support and PTSD, and between social support and PTG. <br><br>DESIGN: This study included 397 adolescents living in Lushan County, China, who were affected by the Ya'an earthquake. <br><br>METHOD: The participants completed the self-report questionnaires at two and a half years after the earthquake. Structural equation models were built to examine the roles of social support, self-esteem, and hope in PTSD and PTG. <br><br>RESULTS: Social support directly and negatively predicted PTSD and positively predicted PTG. Moreover, social support negatively predicted PTSD via self-esteem, and positively predicted PTG via hope. In addition, social support positively predicted PTG through multiple mediating paths from self-esteem to hope. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: PTSD and PTG had different predictive paths. Specifically, social support reduced PTSD through enhanced self-esteem and promoted PTG through hope, or through the path from self-esteem to hope.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1061-5806
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2017.1374376
ID  - ref1
ER  -