Uncertainty Decision-making Laboratory, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
PLoS One. 2013 Dec 27;8(12):e84164. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084164. eCollection 2013.
By testing the mediating effect of coping strategies on the relationship between social support (SS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG), the aim of this research was to develop a new approach for the study of post-disaster psychological intervention.
A mediating effect model analysis was conducted on 2080 adult survivors selected from 19 of the counties hardest-hit by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. The Social Support Rating Scale and the Coping Scale were used to predict the PTG.
A bivariate correlation analysis showed that there was a correlation between posttraumatic growth, social support and coping strategies. The mediation analysis revealed that coping strategies played a mediating role between social support and posttraumatic growth in survivors after the earthquake.
The results demonstrated that mental health programs for survivors need to focus on the establishment of a good social support network, which was found to be conductive to maintaining and increasing mental health levels. At the same time, adequate social support is able to assist survivors in adopting mature coping strategies, such as problem solving and asking for help. Hence, social support was found to play a vital role in balancing and protecting mental health.
通过检验应对策略在社会支持（SS）与创伤后成长（PTG）之间的中介作用，本研究旨在为灾难后心理干预的研究提供一种新方法。
对 2008 年汶川地震中 19 个受灾最严重的县的 2080 名成年幸存者进行中介效应模型分析。采用社会支持评定量表和应对量表来预测创伤后成长。
双变量相关分析表明，创伤后成长、社会支持和应对策略之间存在相关性。中介分析显示，应对策略在地震后幸存者的社会支持与创伤后成长之间发挥了中介作用。
研究结果表明，幸存者的心理健康计划需要注重建立良好的社会支持网络，这有利于维持和提高心理健康水平。同时，充足的社会支持有助于帮助幸存者采用成熟的应对策略，如解决问题和寻求帮助。因此，社会支持在平衡和保护心理健康方面起着至关重要的作用。
