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The Influencing Factors of PTSD and PTG Among Teachers after Wenchuan Earthquake：Perspectives from Before, During and After Disaster

HOU Zhi-jin, ZHOU Xiao, CHEN Jie-ling, ZHU Li, NI Jing, CHEN Shu-fang   

  1. School of Psychology, Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2014-01-15 Published:2014-01-15

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Abstract: The impact of event scale-revised, posttraumatic growth inventory, social support and coping strategy indicator were used to investigated 106 primary and middle school teachers in the areas which were heavily destroyed in Wenchuan earthquake at 1 year after the earthquake, and explore the effect of the factors before, during and after disaster on PTSD and PTG of teachers. The results found that there have a low and middle level for PTSD, middle level for PTG. Male teachers' PTSD and PTG are more serious than female teachers, head teachers' PTSD is more serious than other teachers. The level of PTSD of teachers with trapped experiences is higher than without trapped experiences. The teachers who have relatives and friends to be wound have higher level of both PTSD and PTG than without injured relatives and friends.In addition, social support have no effect on PTSD, but inform support can predict positively PTG. As for the effect of coping style on both PTSD and PTG, the coping style of avoidance, but not seeking help and solving problem can predict positively PTSD. Moreover, the coping style of solving problem, but not seeking help and avoidance can predict positively PTG.

Key words: primary and middle school teachers, social support, coping style, PTSD, PTG

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  • B844.3

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