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Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 12/2014

01.12.2014 | Original Paper

The relationship between post traumatic stress disorder and post traumatic growth: gender differences in PTG and PTSD subgroups

verfasst von: Yuchang Jin, Jiuping Xu, Dongyue Liu

Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Ausgabe 12/2014

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Abstract

Purpose

This study investigated the post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and post traumatic growth (PTG) in 2,300 earthquake survivors 1 year after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between PTSD and PTG and also tested for the gender differences in PTSD and PTG subgroups.

Methods

A stratification random sampling strategy and questionnaires were used to collect the data. The PTSD was assessed using the PTSD Check list-Civilian and the PTG was assessed using the Post traumatic growth inventory. 2,300 individuals were involved in the initial survey with 2,080 completing the final questionnaire, a response rate of 90.4 %. One-way ANOVA analyses were performed to investigate the gender differences in the PTSD and PTG subgroups.

Results

One year following the earthquake, 40.1 and 51.1 % of survivors reported PTSD and PTG, respectively. A bivariate correlation analysis indicated that there was a positive association between PTG and PTSD. The PTG and PTSD variance analysis conducted on female and male subgroups suggested that women were more affected than men.

Conclusions

Given the relatively high PTG prevalence, it was concluded that researchers need to pay more attention to the positive outcomes of an earthquake rather than just focusing on the negative effects. The surveys and analyses indicated that psychological intervention and care for the earthquake disaster survivors should focus more on females and older people, who tend to be more adversely affected.
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Metadaten
Titel
The relationship between post traumatic stress disorder and post traumatic growth: gender differences in PTG and PTSD subgroups
verfasst von
Yuchang Jin
Jiuping Xu
Dongyue Liu
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2014
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Ausgabe 12/2014
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-014-0865-5

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