Psychological Development and Education ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (6): 657-663.

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Neuroticism Personality and Posttraumatic Growth in Adolescent：The Moderating Effect of Coping Style and Mediating Effect of Social Support

AN Yuan-yuan1,2, WU Xin-chun1, LIU Chun-hui1, LIN Chong-de1   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    2. School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097
  • Online:2013-11-15 Published:2013-11-15

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Abstract: In order to explore the relationships among adolescents' post-trauma growth, neuroticism personality, coping style and social support, 497 middle school students were investigated by questionnaires at 2 year after Wenchuan earthquake. The structural equation modeling results revealed that: (1) there was no significant difference between adolescents' posttraumatic growth on age and gender, and the three dimensions of children posttraumatic growth had significant differences, the experience of relationships with others had changed most, followed by the changes in the perception of self, and the changes in general philosophy of life the least; (2) positive coping (positive cognition and seeking support) had fully mediated the relationship between the neuroticism personality and posttraumatic growth, while negative coping (avoidant coping and negative vent) had not; (3) the mediating effect of positive coping between neuroticism personality and posttraumatic growth was moderated by social support, that is when the social support is low, individuals high in neuroticism personality are more likely to seek positive coping, and result in increasing PTG.

Key words: adolescent, posttraumatic growth, neuroticism personality, coping style, social support

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  • B844.2
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