@article{ref1,
title="Post-traumatic growth among 5195 adolescents at 8.5 years after exposure to the Wenchuan earthquake: roles of post-traumatic stress disorder and self-esteem",
journal="Journal of health psychology",
year="2020",
author="Tang, Wanjie and Wang, Yan and Lu, Li and Lu, Yi and Xu, Jiuping",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="We evaluated the level of post-traumatic growth in a large sample of Chinese adolescent earthquake survivors (<i>n</i> = 5195) and relationships among self-esteem, post-traumatic stress disorder, and post-traumatic growth. This cross-sectional study indicated that the prevalence of post-traumatic growth among adolescent survivors was 14.8 percent. Post-traumatic growth was independently associated with self-esteem, severity of exposures, and avoidance facets of post-traumatic stress disorder. Post-traumatic stress disorder was found to be partially mediated by self-esteem on post-traumatic growth; and post-traumatic stress disorder was also a mediator between earthquake exposure and post-traumatic growth. This study suggests that future longitudinal research and clinical practice should test whether promoting self-esteem can enhance post-traumatic stress disorder treatment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1359-1053",
doi="10.1177/1359105320913947",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105320913947"
}