Effects of Openness Personality on Posttraumatic Growth: Moderated Mediating Effect

Abstract

Abstract: Based on testing and questionnaire method, the present study conducted among 233 university students to investigate the impact of openness personality on posttraumatic growth and to explore the mediating effect of positive refocusing and positive reappraisal as well as the moderating effect of social support. The results showed that: 1) Openness personality significantly positively predicted undergraduates' positive refocusing, positive reappraisal and posttraumatic growth; 2) Positive refocusing and positive reappraisal played mediating role between openness personality and undergraduates' posttraumatic growth; 3) The mediating effect of positive coping between openness personality and posttraumatic growth was moderated by social support. In terms of high social support, positive reappraisal played a mediating role. But for individuals with low social support, the mediating effect of positive reappraisal was not significant. These findings contribute to our understanding of a comprehensive interpretation of both environmental and individual factors' impact on posttraumatic growth after traumatic events.

Key words: undergraduate, posttraumatic growth, openness personality, coping strategy, social support

摘要： 采用创伤后成长问卷（PTGI）、大五人格问卷、认知情绪应对问卷（CERQ-C）、社会支持量表和创伤基本情况调查表对233名有过创伤经历的大学生进行调查，旨在探讨积极重新关注和积极重评策略在开放性人格与创伤后成长的关系之间的中介作用，以及社会支持在其中的调节作用。结果显示：（1）开放性人格对大学生积极重新关注、积极重评和创伤后成长均有显著的正向预测作用；（2）积极重新关注和积极重评在大学生开放性人格与创伤后成长之间的关系中起中介作用。开放性人格可以通过积极重评间接促进PTG，还可以通过积极重新关注经积极重评的多重中介实现对PTG的正向预测。（3）社会支持可以调节开放性人格对创伤后成长的作用。具体表现为社会支持水平高时，积极重评在开放性人格与创伤后成长之间的中介效应显著，而社会支持水平低时该效应不显著。这些结果对于综合解释创伤事件发生后环境与个体因素对创伤后成长的作用路径与机制具有一定意义。

关键词: 大学生, 创伤后成长, 开放性人格, 应对策略, 社会支持

CLC Number:

B849

AN Yuanyuan, HUANG Qi, GU Wen, FU Hong. Effects of Openness Personality on Posttraumatic Growth: Moderated Mediating Effect[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2017, 15(6): 815-823.

安媛媛, 黄琪, 顾雯, 傅宏. 开放性人格对大学生创伤后成长的影响：有调节的中介效应[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2017, 15(6): 815-823.

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