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Article: Post-traumatic Growth in the First COVID Outbreak in Hong Kong

TitlePost-traumatic Growth in the First COVID Outbreak in Hong Kong
Authors
KeywordsCOVID-19
post-traumatic growth
sense of coherence
post-traumatic stress
Hong Kong
Issue Date2021
PublisherFrontiers Research Foundation. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.frontiersin.org/psychology
Citation
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021, v. 12, p. article no. 675132 How to Cite?
AbstractPost-traumatic growth (PTG) emerges from highly stressful situations. The COVID pandemic may qualify as one. This study investigated the PTG among Hong Kong citizens during the first outbreak in spring 2020, shortly after a large-scale social movement subsided. A longitudinal online survey was launched during the peak (Time 1) and the palliation (Time 2) of the outbreak. Among the 327 participants who completed both waves, 28.4% exhibited probable post-traumatic stress disorder, while 18.0% reported significant PTG in at least one domain. The interaction between sense of coherence and post-traumatic stress mediated the relationship between Time 1 perceived outbreak severity and Time 2 PTG, such that PTG was more likely among participants with higher post-traumatic stress and sense of coherence. PTG was also associated with a weaker contingency between Time 1 and Time 2 perceived outbreak severity. Echoing the transformational model, our findings show that both experienced stress and coping resources are essential for PTG to emerge. We also demonstrated how PTG may lead to more flexible risk perceptions according to the development of the outbreak
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/305435
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.6
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.800
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dc.contributor.authorLau, BHP-
dc.contributor.authorChan, CLW-
dc.contributor.authorNg, SM-
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-20T10:09:21Z-
dc.date.available2021-10-20T10:09:21Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationFrontiers in Psychology, 2021, v. 12, p. article no. 675132-
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/305435-
dc.description.abstractPost-traumatic growth (PTG) emerges from highly stressful situations. The COVID pandemic may qualify as one. This study investigated the PTG among Hong Kong citizens during the first outbreak in spring 2020, shortly after a large-scale social movement subsided. A longitudinal online survey was launched during the peak (Time 1) and the palliation (Time 2) of the outbreak. Among the 327 participants who completed both waves, 28.4% exhibited probable post-traumatic stress disorder, while 18.0% reported significant PTG in at least one domain. The interaction between sense of coherence and post-traumatic stress mediated the relationship between Time 1 perceived outbreak severity and Time 2 PTG, such that PTG was more likely among participants with higher post-traumatic stress and sense of coherence. PTG was also associated with a weaker contingency between Time 1 and Time 2 perceived outbreak severity. Echoing the transformational model, our findings show that both experienced stress and coping resources are essential for PTG to emerge. We also demonstrated how PTG may lead to more flexible risk perceptions according to the development of the outbreak-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherFrontiers Research Foundation. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.frontiersin.org/psychology-
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Psychology-
dc.rightsThis Document is Protected by copyright and was first published by Frontiers. All rights reserved. It is reproduced with permission.-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectCOVID-19-
dc.subjectpost-traumatic growth-
dc.subjectsense of coherence-
dc.subjectpost-traumatic stress-
dc.subjectHong Kong-
dc.titlePost-traumatic Growth in the First COVID Outbreak in Hong Kong-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailChan, CLW: cecichan@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailNg, SM: ngsiuman@hku.hk-
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dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2021.675132-
dc.identifier.pmid34603120-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC8481897-
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dc.identifier.volume12-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. 675132-
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dc.publisher.placeSwitzerland-

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