AUTHOR=Hao Ranran , Han Peiyu , Wang Liangsheng , Zhang Yong 

TITLE=The effect of the social support on PTSD and PTG about university student volunteers in the prevention and controlling of coronavirus: with coping style as the intermediary

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1152823

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1152823

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=To investigate the relationship among post-traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ), posttraumatic growth ( PTG ), social support, and coping style of university student volunteers in the prevention and control of the coronavirus in 2020, 3616 university student volunteers were investigated when the coronavirus first occurred in 2020 by using the post-traumatic stress disorder questionnaire, posttraumatic growth questionnaire, university student social support questionnaire and coping style questionnaire. The results showed that (1) 7.06 % of university student volunteers had PTSD symptoms to a certain extent, and 2.88 % had obvious PTSD symptoms; (2) PTSD level of university student volunteers was significantly positively correlated with negative coping style, and significantly negatively correlated with social support and positive coping style; on the contrary, the PTG level is significantly positively correlated with social support and positive coping styles. (3) Positive coping style plays a partial mediating role in the influence of social support on PTG; in the influence of social support on PTSD, the mediating effect of positive or negative coping style was not significant. These results show that in the prevention and control of the coronavirus, the positive coping style and social support of university student volunteers can positively predict their PTG level, while the negative coping style can positively predict their PTSD level. Among them, a positive coping style plays a partial mediating role in the influence of social support on the PTG level.