Posttraumatic Growth in Children and Adolescents Exposed to the 2010 Earthquake in Chile and Its Relationship with Rumination and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms

Mariela Andrades (), Felipe E. García, Isabel Calonge and Rosario Martínez-Arias
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Mariela Andrades: Universidad Central de Chile
Felipe E. García: Universidad Santo Tomás
Isabel Calonge: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Rosario Martínez-Arias: Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2018, vol. 19, issue 5, No 13, 1505-1517

Abstract: Abstract The aim of this study was to assess a predictive model of posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic stress symptoms in children and adolescents exposed to the earthquake in Chile in 2010. 325 children (47.4% male), aged between 10 and 15 years, were surveyed 12 months after the earthquake. The following tests were administered: the posttraumatic growth inventory for children in its brief version of Kilmer et al., the child PTSD symptom scale of Foa et al., the rumination scale for children of Crider et al., along with a scale to assess the trauma severity and a socio-demographic questionnaire. The model was assessed through a path analysis, which showed that deliberate rumination mediated the relationship between trauma severity and intrusive rumination with posttraumatic growth, that intrusive rumination mediated the relationship between the severity of the event and posttraumatic stress symptoms and that the latter mediated the relationship between intrusive rumination and posttraumatic growth. The sex was included as control variable in the path model. The final model achieved adequate fit indexes. The relevance of rumination processes for the development of the psychological consequences in children and adolescents following a natural disaster and their implications for clinical is discussed.

Keywords: Mental health; Path analysis; Post traumatic stress disorder; Repetitive thinking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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