Does perceived post-traumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic reflect actual positive changes?
Does perceived post-traumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic reflect actual positive changes?
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10.1080/10615806.2022.2157821
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2023-01
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Crystal L. Park;J. Wilt;B. Russell;M. Fendrich
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作者：
Crystal L. Park;J. Wilt;B. Russell;M. Fendrich
摘要背景与目的人们通常报告应激经历(感知创伤后成长，PPTG)后的积极变化，但PPTG是否有效地反映了积极变化仍未确定。设计和方法我们在参加五波研究(T1-T5)的美国样本中测试了新冠肺炎大流行相关的产后应激障碍与相应心理社会资源的积极变化的程度，这里重点关注T2-T5：NS=712-860。我们检验了资源变化(包括潜在差异分数和已观察差异分数)与每个场合的PPTG之间的相关性，并进行了结构方程模型以分离特定场合和稳定(Traitlike)的PPTG方差。我们将资源的变化与特定场合和稳定的PPTG组成部分联系起来。结果变化分数和特定场合的PPTG之间的联系很稀疏，提供的PPTG有效性的证据有限。变化的分数和稳定的PPTG之间的关联往往是积极的，而且比特定场合的PPTG的关联更强。讨论对增长的看法在很大程度上与经历的积极变化无关，因此似乎在很大程度上是虚幻的。然而，一种人格倾向认为一个人是从紧张的经历中成长起来的，这种倾向与实际的资源增长有更强的联系。这些结果表明，人们并不是他们所经历的积极变化的准确记者，旨在促进创伤后增长的干预措施可能还为时过早。
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives People commonly report positive changes following stressful experiences (perceived posttraumatic growth; PPTG), yet whether PPTG validly reflects positive changes remains unestablished. Design and Methods We tested the extent to which COVID-19 pandemic-related PPTG relates to positive changes in corresponding psychosocial resources in a national US sample participating in a five wave study (T1-T5), focusing here on T2-T5: ns = 712–860. We examined correlations between resource change (both latent and observed difference scores) and PPTG at each occasion and conducted structural equation models to separate occasion-specific and stable (traitlike) PPTG variance. We related changes in resources to occasion-specific and stable PPTG components. Results Associations between change scores and occasion-specific PPTG were sparse, providing limited evidence of PPTG validity. Associations between change scores and stable PPTG tended to be positive and stronger than associations for occasion-specific PPTG. Discussion Perceptions of growth were largely unrelated to experienced positive changes and thus appear to be largely illusory. However, a personality-like tendency to believe one grows from stressful experiences relates more strongly to actual resource growth. These results suggest that people are not accurate reporters of positive changes they experience and that interventions aimed at promoting post-traumatic growth may be premature.