Teixeira Ricardo J, Pereira M Graça
School of Psychology, University of Minho.
Fam Syst Health. 2013 Dec;31(4):382-95. doi: 10.1037/a0032004. Epub 2013 May 20.
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) and relate posttraumatic growth with psychological morbidity. This is a cross-sectional study with a sample of 214 adult children of cancer patients. Additionally, a comparison group was recruited with 78 participants without a chronically ill parent. Measures of distress, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and posttraumatic growth were collected. The original five-factor structure of the PTGI was maintained, with satisfactory internal consistency. The reorganization of the items in five factors was similar to the solution found in the original PTGI study, except for four items. Positive correlations between posttraumatic growth and PTSD symptoms/distress were significant. Women showed significantly higher posttraumatic growth. Adult children with parental cancer, and with probable PTSD, showed higher scores on the PTGI. Regression analysis revealed that PTSD symptoms were associated with higher posttraumatic growth, after controlling for demographic and clinical variables. Analysis with the comparison group showed that differences in posttraumatic growth were observed as a function of a shattered experience. This study confirmed the multidimensionality of the posttraumatic growth construct, underscoring the importance of considering the subjective nature of the shattered event, and the experience of emotional distress with parental cancer.
本研究的目的是调查创伤后成长问卷（PTGI）葡萄牙语版本的心理测量特性，并将创伤后成长与心理疾病联系起来。这是一项横断面研究，样本为214名成年癌症患者子女。此外，招募了一个由78名没有慢性病父母的参与者组成的对照组。收集了痛苦、创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状和创伤后成长的测量数据。PTGI最初的五因素结构得以维持，内部一致性令人满意。五个因素中项目的重新组织与原始PTGI研究中发现的解决方案相似，但有四个项目除外。创伤后成长与PTSD症状/痛苦之间的正相关具有显著性。女性的创伤后成长显著更高。患有父母癌症且可能患有PTSD的成年子女在PTGI上得分更高。回归分析显示，在控制了人口统计学和临床变量后，PTSD症状与更高的创伤后成长相关。与对照组的分析表明，创伤后成长的差异是作为一种破碎经历的函数而观察到的。本研究证实了创伤后成长结构的多维性，强调了考虑破碎事件的主观性质以及父母患癌症时情绪痛苦经历的重要性。
