School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, PR China.
School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, PR China.
Psychiatry Res. 2019 Mar;273:450-455. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.01.053. Epub 2019 Jan 18.
Previous studies have showed that personality traits are associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The present study investigated the mediating effect of perceived social support between conscientiousness and PTSD in young Chinese firefighters. A total of four hundred and nine firefighters were recruited from a firefighter school in this study. The Chinese big five personality inventory, the PTSD checklist for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), and perceived social support scale were used to test personality traits, PTSD and perceived social support from family and from others. The results showed that conscientiousness has a significant positive correlation with perceived social support and has a significant negative correlation with PTSD. Moreover, support from others mediated the relationship between conscientiousness and PTSD, while support from family didn't. The results of this study suggest that support from others plays a key role in the relationship between conscientiousness and PTSD of young Chinese firefighters. Clinical implications for trauma interventions and limitations were discussed.
先前的研究表明，人格特质与创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）有关。本研究探讨了在中国年轻消防员中，尽责性与 PTSD 之间的知觉社会支持的中介作用。共有 409 名消防员从一所消防员学校中被招募到这项研究中。采用中国人人格五因素问卷、精神障碍诊断与统计手册第五版（DSM-5）创伤后应激障碍检查表和知觉社会支持量表来测试人格特质、创伤后应激障碍和来自家庭及他人的知觉社会支持。结果表明，尽责性与知觉社会支持呈显著正相关，与 PTSD 呈显著负相关。此外，他人支持中介了尽责性与 PTSD 之间的关系，而家庭支持则没有。这项研究的结果表明，他人支持在中国年轻消防员尽责性与 PTSD 之间的关系中起着关键作用。讨论了创伤干预的临床意义和局限性。
