Relation of neuroticism and resilience to posttraumatic stress disorder and posttraumaticgrowth in patients with burns during rehabilitation / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the characteristics of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom and posttraumatic growth (PTG) in the patients with burns during rehabilitation, and the relationships among PTSD symptom, PTG, neuroticism and resilience.Methods:A cross-sectional study was carried out among 110 patients with burns during rehabilitation.The PTSD Check-list-Civilian Version (PCL-C), Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), Five Factors Inventory-Neuroticism Subscale (FFI-N) and the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) were used.Result:A significant effect of different groups of marital status (F=5.66, P=0.019), annual household income (F=7.97, P=0.006), and neuroticism (F=34.24, P＜0.001, Partial η2=0.259) on PCL-C scores.A significant effect of different groups of gender (F=6.44, P=0.013) and resilience (F=14.87, P＜0.001, Partial η2=0.132) were significant for PTG scores.There existed a significant interaction between neuroticism and resilience on PTG (F=4.47, P=0.037, Partial η2=0.044).Conclusion:Being married, low annual household income, and high levels of neuroticism were associated with high PTSD symptom levels.Being female and high levels of resilience were associated with high PTG levels.Resilience moderated the effect of neuroticism on PTSD symptoms.