Psychological Development and Education ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 105-111.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2018.01.13

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The Relation between Attachment and PTSD/PTG among Adolescents after the Wenchuan Earthquake: The Mediating Roles of Cognitive Reappraisal and Expressive Suppression

TIAN Yuxin1, WU Xinchun1, WANG Wenchao1, ZHOU Xiao1,2   

  1. 1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;
    2. Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, China
  • Online:2018-01-15 Published:2018-01-15

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Abstract: To examine the relation among attachment, cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and posttraumatic growth(PTG), the current study investigates 1153 adolescents at 8.5 years after Wenchuan earthquake by using traumatic exposure questionnaire, parent and peer attachment questionnaire, emotion regulation questionnaire, modified DSM-5 PTSD checklist, and posttraumatic growth inventory. Using structural equation model to examine the relation, and results revealed that attachment has direct and negative effect on PTSD, and has direct and positive effect on PTG; attachment has an indirect and negative effect on PTSD by cognitive reappraisal, and also has an indirect and positive effect on PTG by cognitive reappraisal; attachment can exert indirect and negative effect on PTSD via expressive suppression, but has non-significant effect on PTG via expressive suppression.

Key words: adolescents, attachment, cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression, PTSD, PTG

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