Psychological Development and Education ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 101-108.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2021.01.13

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Mediates the Relationship between Traumatic Exposure and Violent Behavior/Suicidal Ideation in Adolescents After an Earthquake

YU Qingyun1,2, WANG Wenchao2, WU Xinchun2, Tian Yuxin2   

  1. 1. Mental Health Education Counseling Center, Jingchu University of Technology, Jingmen 448000;
    2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Published:2021-01-22

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Abstract: To explore the mediating effect of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression in the relationship between traumatic exposure and violent behavior, suicidal ideation among adolescents after the Ya'an earthquake. All adolescents completed the Trauma exposure questionnaire, PTSD checklist for DSM-5, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children and the Child Behavior Problems Questionnaire. The results indicated that traumatic exposure directly and positively predicted violent behaviors and suicidal ideation. Moreover, traumatic exposure positively predicted violent behavior and suicidal ideation via PTSD, and traumatic exposure positively predicted suicidal ideation but not violent behavior via depression. This study suggests that traumatic exposure is one of the risk factors for suicidal ideation and violent behavior among adolescents after the earthquake. PTSD and depression played an important role to mediate the effect of traumatic exposure on suicidal ideation and violent behavior.

Key words: traumatic exposure, PTSD, depression symptoms, violent behavior, suicidal ideation

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