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Resilience Mediates the Relationship Between Parental Attachment and Posttraumatic Growth in Adolescents: A Longitudinal Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2023

Xueyan Zang ,
Tianyuan Li ,
Mengdan Li Open the ORCID record for Mengdan Li [Opens in a new window] ,
Yuanyuan An Open the ORCID record for Yuanyuan An [Opens in a new window] ,
Xuan Cheng  and
Jialu Jin
Xueyan Zang
Affiliation:
Nanjing Normal University, School of Psychology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Tianyuan Li
Affiliation:
The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Mengdan Li
Affiliation:
Nanjing Normal University, School of Psychology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Yuanyuan An*
Affiliation:
Nanjing Normal University, School of Psychology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Xuan Cheng
Affiliation:
Nanjing Normal University, School of Psychology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Jialu Jin
Affiliation:
Nanjing Normal University, School of Psychology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
*
Corresponding author: Yuanyuan An, Email: anran220@163.com.
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Abstract

Objective:

Previous studies have shown that parental attachment was associated with higher levels of posttraumatic growth (PTG) in individuals who have experienced traumatic events. The aim of the current longitudinal study is to investigate resilience as one pathway through which parental attachment is related to PTG among Chinese adolescents following the Yancheng tornado.

Methods:

A total of 351 adolescent survivors participated in this longitudinal study. Participants completed the revised version of Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA-R) at 12 months (T1), and the revised Chinese version of the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI-R) and the Connor and Davidson’s Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) at 18 months (T2) after the tornado, respectively.

Results:

It indicated that parental attachment at T1 has direct and positive effect on PTG at T2, and resilience at T2 fully mediated the relationship between parental attachment at T1 and PTG at T2.

Conclusion:

The findings revealed that parental attachment and resilience are two key resources that promote adolescent’s PTG, and parental attachment acts through resilience to promote PTG in adolescents.

Keywords

posttraumatic growthparental attachmentresilienceadolescentslongitudinal study
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 17 , 2023 , e381
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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