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PSYCHOLOGY HEALTH & MEDICINE
Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages 925-930Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2021.1966700
Keywords
COVID-19; post-traumatic growth; influencing factors; general public; cross-sectional study
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- Program of Philosophy and Social Science Foundation of Yunnan Province [QN2018018]
- Yunnan Provincial Department of Education Research Fund [2018JS259]
- Teaching Research and Reform Foundation of Kunming Medical University [2020-JY-Y-136]
- Undergraduate Innovative Experimental Project of Kunming Medical University [2021JXD066, 2021JXD226]
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The study examined post-traumatic growth induced by the COVID-19 pandemic in certain Yunnan residents and identified factors such as educational levels, self-perceived health status, family history of infectious diseases, personality, and frequency of COVID-19 news consumption as influencers of PTG.
To investigate post-traumatic growth induced by COVID-19 pandemic in certain Yunnan residents and to analyze its influencing factors. A total of 581 permanent residents of Yunnan province completed the electronic questionnaire from 18 April 2020 to 26 April 2020. Logistic regression analysis showed that the educational levels, self-perceived health status, family history of infectious diseases, family history of infectious diseases, personality and frequency of going through COVID-19 related news were influencing factors of PTG (P < 0.05). As a traumatic event, the threat of COVID-19 may enable some people to gain positive psychological development in adversity. This will provide reference for public psychological crisis intervention following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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