Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 117-127.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.01.16

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Adolescent's Psychological Reactions Following Traumatic Events: Influencing Mechanism and Intervention

WU Xinchun, ZHOU Xiao, LIN Chongde, CHEN Jieling   

  1. School of Psychology, Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2015-01-15 Published:2015-01-15

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Abstract: Psychological reactions among adolescents after Wenchuan earthquake were concerned by the society. Our team carried out a 6-year longitudinal research on the psychological reactions post-earthquake, which could also provide evidence for the intervention among adolescents. The present article aims to introduce the work done by our team, including theoretical review, mental health state of adolescents after Wenchuan earthquake, influencing mechanism and psychological intervention among adolescents following trauma. Then, we outlined a theoretical framework for the study of post-traumatic mental health among adolescents, summarized the state and changing tendency of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression and posttrauamtic growth respectively, analysized the influencing factors and mechanisms of posttraumatic stress disorder and posttrauamtic growth, proposed guideline for psychological intervention, and explored the direction for the future study.

Key words: adolescent, traumatic reaction, PTSD, depression, PTG

CLC Number: 

  • B844

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