Psychological Development and Education ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 80-89.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2018.01.10

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Investigation on Mental Health State of Adolescents after 8.5 Years of Wenchuan Earthquake

WU Xinchun1, WANG Wenchao1, ZHOU Xiao1,2, CHEN Qiuyan3, LIN Chongde1   

  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;
    3. School of Sociology and Psychology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Online:2018-01-15 Published:2018-01-15

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Abstract: In eight and a half years after Wenchuan earthquake, a survey on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, posttraumatic growth (PTG) and life satisfaction was conducted on junior school and high school students in the severely-stricken areas by the earthquake. The results showed that the level of adolescents' PTSD and depression were comparatively high, the prevalence of PTSD and depressive symptoms was 4.75% and 29.98%, among which girls, minority nationality and senior students were high risk populations. About 46.13% of adolescents had pronounced growth, girls and minority adolescents had higher levels of PTG. There had significant difference in grade of life satisfaction; students in first grade of junior school had higher levels of life satisfaction than other grades. PTSD was positively associated with depression and negatively associated with life satisfaction. Depression was negatively associated with PTG and life satisfaction. PTG was positively associated with life satisfaction. There is no significant correlation between PTSD and PTG. Latent profile analysis showed that a 5-class fitted the data best. The 5 pattern groups were named as ‘growth group’(32.6%), ‘coexistence group’(5.8%), ‘low symptoms group’(39.4%), ‘middle symptoms group’(17.8%) and ‘high symptoms group’(4.4%) respectively.

Key words: Wenchuan earthquake, adolescents, PTSD, depression, PTG, life satisfaction

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