Lifestyle, Coping Resources, and Trauma Symptoms: Predicting Post-traumatic Growth

ABSTRACT:Interpersonal trauma influences levels of post-traumatic stress and post- traumatic growth. Several factors are associated with post-traumatic growth, such as symptom severity, personality traits, and coping resources (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004). This study examined the role of trauma symptoms, belonging and social interest (BSI), tension control (TC), social support (SS), and post-traumatic growth (PTG), and a moderated mediation model in a sample of individuals who experienced interpersonal trauma. Both SS and TC contributed to PTG. SS and TC mediated the association between trauma symptoms and PTG. BSI moderated trauma symptoms in SS and trauma symptoms in TC. High BSI accounted for variance in the relationship between trauma symptoms and SS, and lower BSI accounted for more variance between trauma symptoms and TC.