The Relationship among Social Support, Deliberate Rumination and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescents after Wenchuan Earthquake

Abstract

Abstract: The current longitudinal study examined the bidirectional relation between social support, deliberate rumination and posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD). Tuo hundred and forty-five secondary school students in the most severely affected area were investigated by self-report social support, deliberate rumination and PTSD questionnaires at 3.5 year 4.5 year and 5.5 year after Wenchuan earthquake. The cross-lagged structure equation analysis revealed that there was not a significant predictive effect between social support and deliberate rumination from 3.5 year to 5.5 year after earthquake. Between 3.5 year and 5.5 year after earthquake, PTSD had a significant predictive effect on deliberate rumination but not social support. Moreover, social support at 3.5 year after earthquake predict negatively PTSD at 4.5 year after earthquake, and deliberate rumination at 3.5 year after earthquake predict positively PTSD at 4.5 year after earthquake.

Key words: social support, deliberate rumination, PTSD, longitudinal study.

摘要： 以追踪研究的方式，在汶川地震后3.5年、4.5年和5.5年三个时间点，采用社会支持问卷、反刍问卷和创伤后应激障碍量表对汶川地震后245名中学生进行调查。通过建立交叉滞后模型，考察社会支持、主动反刍与创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）的相互作用关系。结果发现，震后3.5年至5.5年间，社会支持与主动反刍之间的跨时间点预测作用不显著，PTSD对社会支持的跨时间点预测作用不显著，但对主动反刍具有显著的跨时间点正向预测作用。震后3.5年至4.5年间，社会支持对PTSD的跨时间点负向预测作用、主动反刍对PTSD的跨时间点正向预测作用均显著，但是这些作用在震后4.5年至5.5年间变得不再显著。

关键词: 社会支持, 主动反刍, 创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）, 追踪研究。

CLC Number:

B846

Zhou Xiao, Wu Xinchun, Zeng Min, Tian Yuxin. The Relationship among Social Support, Deliberate Rumination and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescents after Wenchuan Earthquake[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2016, 14(5): 626-632.

周宵，伍新春，曾旻，田雨馨. 社会支持、主动反刍与创伤后应激障碍的关系：来自地震后青少年的追踪研究[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2016, 14(5): 626-632.

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