ABSTRACT
Objective:To explore the relationship of resilience and post-traumatic growth (PTG) among young people affected by acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).Methods:A sample of 209 young people affected by AIDS were selected.They were healthy college students or college graduates whose parent or parents was/were infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).The Conner-Davidson Resilience scale (CDRS),Event Related Rumination Inventory (ERRI),Self-Esteem Scale (SES) and Post-traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) were used to evaluate resilience,rumination,self-esteem and PTG respectively.Results:Firstly,the score of PTGI was (3.6 ±0.9) among young people affected by AIDS.Secondly,CDRS score could affect PTGI score directly (direct effect:0.49),via deliberate rumination score indirectly (indirect effect:0.12),also via the indirect way which intrusive rumination score influenced deliberate rumination score (indirect effect:0.03).Thirdly,the SES score moderated the pathway from CDRS score to intrusive rumination score,only for persons with low self-esteem,CDRS score could predict intrusive rumination score effectively (simple slope =0.57),but not for the high self-esteem group (simple slope =0.10).Conclusion:For young people affected by HIV/AIDS,resilience could affect PTG directly,also via the multiple mediation effects of rumination.Moreover,resilience could influence PTG via the indirect way which intrusive rumination influenced deliberate rumination among young people with low selfesteem.