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“What does not kill you… mutates and tries again.” A study on personality determinants of post-traumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Title
- “What does not kill you… mutates and tries again.” A study on personality determinants of post-traumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Authors
- Petrocchi S.; Pellegrino S.A.; Manoni G.; Petrovic G.; Schulz P.J.
- Ewha Authors
- Peter J. Schulz
- SCOPUS Author ID
- Peter J. Schulz
- Issue Date
- 2023
- Journal Title
- Current Psychology
- ISSN
- 1046-1310
- Citation
- Current Psychology vol. 42, no. 23, pp. 20134 - 20148
- Keywords
- COVID-19; Post-traumatic growth; Self-mastery; Sense of control; Trauma; Well-being
- Publisher
- Springer
- Indexed
- SSCI; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Introduction. The COVID-19 pandemic was recognized as a collective trauma and as a major threat to mental health. Recent literature focused on the stress symptomatology or post-traumatic stress disorder associated to the COVID-19 exposure. The concept that people have a natural inclination toward growth, even under stressful and threatening events, gathered less attention. Previous research has analyzed antecedents of post-traumatic growth (PTG) with non-conclusive results. Methods. The present research aimed at including findings on PTG from personality traits, i.e., sense of control and self-mastery, and distal condition of nurturance and support received by others, i.e., cognitive and affective well-being. Analyses were based on 4934 interviews with adults (Mage = 57.81 years, 55.5% women) from the Swiss Household Panel study. Results. Relationships over time emerged between sense of control and self-mastery on PTG and worries, measured after two years, via the mediation of cognitive and affective well-being. Conclusion. Results come from a large study in a design seldom employed in this type of research and can inform both research and interventions. © 2023, The Author(s).
- DOI
- 10.1007/s12144-023-04415-5
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- 사회과학대학 > 커뮤니케이션·미디어학전공 > Journal papers
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