Perceived Social Support and Post-traumatic Growth in College Students Experienced Childhood Trauma:A Moderated Mediating Model
Objective:Exploring the relationship between perceived social support and post-traumatic growth of college students experienced childhood trauma.Methods:The lifetime experience of traumatic events scale-student version,the perceived social support scale,the positive coping styles subscale,the Chinese version of the emotion regulation strategies scale,and the post-traumatic growth rating scale were used to survey 811 college students.Results:(1)Perceived social support positively predicted post-traumatic growth in college students who experienced childhood trauma(b=0.363,P<0.001);(2)Positive coping styles partially mediated the relationship between perceived social support and post-traumatic growth,with a mediating effect value of 0.135;(3)Cognitive reappraisal moderated the first half of the pathway of the mediat-ing role of social support in influencing post-traumatic growth through positive coping styles.Conclusion:Perceived social support can directly lead to the creation of post-traumatic growth in college students who experienced childhood trauma and can achieve post-traumatic growth through positive coping styles.Positive coping styles are more strongly mediated at lower levels of cognitive reappraisal than at high levels of cognitive reappraisal.
Childhood traumaPost-traumatic growthPerceived social supportCoping stylesCognitive reappraisal