Patterns of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Posttraumatic Growth in an Epidemiological Sample of Chinese Earthquake Survivors: A Latent Profile Analysis

Frontiers in Psychology

Brian J. Hall¹  Gen Li²  Li Wang²  Ruojiao Fang²  Xing Cao²  Jon D. Elhai³  Chengqi Cao⁵  Ping Liu⁶  Shu Luo⁶  Jianhui Wu⁷ 

[1] Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States;Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States;Global and Community Mental Health Research Group, University of Macau, Macau, Macau;Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology (CAS), Beijing, China;People's Hospital of Deyang City, Deyang, China;Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Affective and Social Cognitive Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China;

关键词: posttraumatic stress disorder;    posttraumatic growth;    latent profile analysis;    social support;    natural disaster;    DSM-5;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01549

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) are different psychological outcomes triggered by exposure to extraordinarily traumatic events. In this study, we aimed to examine patterns of co-occurrence between DSM-5 PTSD symptoms and PTG, among natural disaster survivors, and to clarify whether empirically-based subgroups differed by several specific predictors.Methods: Latent profile analysis was used to examine patterns of self-reported PTSD symptoms and PTG in an epidemiological sample of 1063 Chinese earthquake survivors.Results: Three distinct profiles were identified, involving high PTSD/high PTG, mild PTSD/mild PTG, and mild PTSD/high PTG. Class membership was predicted by several variables, especially different sources of perceived social support.Conclusion: Our findings contribute to the knowledge about the coexisting patterns of PTSD and PTG, and provide suggestions for identifying high-risk individuals and providing effective interventions in clinical practice.

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