Psychological Development and Education ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (6): 641-648.

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The Effect of Disaster Exposure on PTSD of Primary and Secondary Students：Mediating and Moderating Effects

WU Xin-chun1, ZHANG Yu-di1,2, LIN Chong-de1, ZANG Wei-wei1,3   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    2. Beijing Information Technology College, Beijing 100015;
    3. Center for Psychological Counseling and Development, Beijing University of Science and Technology, Beijing 100083
  • Online:2013-11-15 Published:2013-11-15

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Abstract: To examine the relationship between the severity of disaster expose and posttraumatic stress disorder and explore the mediating effects of the severity of subjective fear and the moderating effects of social support, disaster expose questionnaire,subjective fear questionnaire, social support questionnaire and the Child PTSD Symptom Scale were used to investigate 3058 primary and secondary students in the areas which were heavily destroyed in Wenchuan earthquake at 1 year after the earthquake. The Results found that prevalence rate of PTSD of primary and secondary students was 9.6%, and witnessed the death of other persons was 16.2% among those students. In addition, disaster exposure positively predicts PTSD, severity of subjective fear partially mediated the relationship between disaster exposure and PTSD. Moreover, social support did not moderate the relationship between subjective fear and PTSD, but social support mediated the relationship between disaster exposure and PTSD. Specially, regardless of the type of social support, support from parent and teacher but not classmates and others could mediate the relationship between disaster exposure and PTSD.

Key words: primary and secondary students, disaster exposure, severity of subjective fear, social support, PTSD, mediating effect, moderating effect

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  • B844.2
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