Coping, rumination and posttraumatic growth in people affected by an earthquake

• Felipe E. García ^[1] ; Félix Cova ^[2] ; Paulina Rincón ^[2] ; Carmelo Vázquez ^[3] ; Darío Páez ^[4]
  1. [1] Universidad Santo Tomás

     Universidad Santo Tomás

     Santiago, Chile

     
  2. [2] Universidad de Concepción

     Universidad de Concepción

     Comuna de Concepción, Chile

     
  3. [3] Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
  4. [4] Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

     Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

     Leioa, España

     

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• Localización: Psicothema, ISSN-e 1886-144X, ISSN 0214-9915, Vol. 28, Nº. 1, 2016, págs. 59-65
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2015.100
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Afrontamiento, rumiación y crecimiento postraumático en personas afectadas por un terremoto
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    Antecedentes: este artículo presenta la evaluación de un modelo estructural que busca identificar predictores y mediadores de crecimiento postraumático (CPT) en personas afectadas por un desastre natural. Método: la muestra estuvo conformada por 349 hombres y mujeres adultos que vivieron el terremoto y tsunami del 27/F del 2010 en Chile. Se empleó modelamiento con ecuaciones estructurales contrastando 2 modelos predictivos de CPT. Las variables latentes fueron la subjetive severity, social sharing, rumiación intrusiva, rumiación deliberada, afrontamiento centrado en el problema y CPT. Resultados: el mejor ajuste se obtuvo con el modelo que muestra una influencia directa de la severidad subjetiva, el afrontamiento centrado en el problema y la rumiación deliberada en la presencia de CPT. El afrontamiento centrado en el problema medió la relación de la severidad subjetiva y compartir social con el CPT; a su vez, la rumiación deliberada medió la relación del afrontamiento centrado en el problema y la rumiación intrusiva con el CPT. Conclusiones: los resultados muestran el rol relevante de procesos cognitivos como la rumiación deliberada y procesos conductuales como el afrontamiento centrado en el problema en la presencia de CPT.

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    Background: In this article, the evaluation of a structural model that seeks to identify predictors and mediators of posttraumatic growth (PTG) of people affected by a natural disaster is presented. Method: The sample was composed of 349 adult men and women who experienced the earthquake and tsunami on February 27, 2010 in Chile. A modeling with structural equations was used, contrasting two predictive models of PTG. The latent variables assessed were subjective severity, social sharing of emotion, intrusive rumination, deliberate rumination, problem-focused coping and posttraumatic growth. Results: The best fit was obtained with the model that shows a direct influence of the subjective severity, problem-focused coping, and deliberate rumination in the presence of PTG. Problem-focused coping mediated the relation between subjective severity and social sharing with PTG. In turn, deliberate rumination mediated the relation of problem-focused coping and intrusive rumination with PTG. Conclusions: The results show the relevant role of cognitive processes such as deliberate rumination and behavioral processes such as problem-focused coping in the presence of PTG

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