@article{ref1,
title="Psychological predictors of posttraumatic growth among adult survivors of Wenchuan earthquake in China",
journal="Asian journal of psychiatry",
year="2020",
author="Zhang, Ning and Wu, Kankan and Zhang, Yuqing and Liu, Zhengkui and Zhou, Xiao",
volume="53",
number="",
pages="e102309-e102309",
abstract="The current research investigates the applicability of the posttraumatic growth  inventory and psychological predictors of posttraumatic growth among adult survivors  of the Wenchuan earthquake in China. The results indicated that although the  survivors reported a high degree of posttraumatic stress symptoms, they also  experienced a moderate to high level of posttraumatic growth two years after the  earthquake. The simplified Chinese version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory had  good reliability in the current study. Confirmatory factor analysis of the  simplified Chinese version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory verified that the  original five-factor model fit the data better than the four-factor model documented  by Ho et al. (2004, 2011) among Chinese cancer patients. The current study also  demonstrates that positive changes in outlook, positive affect, and perceived social  support are significant predictors of posttraumatic growth among adult survivors of  the Wenchuan earthquake. Directions for future research on posttraumatic growth  among survivors of natural disasters and implications for developing psychological  interventions to help people recover from traumatic events are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1876-2018",
doi="10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102309",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102309"
}