The Structural Relationship Among Family Resilience, Active Coping, Adaptive Cognitive-Emotional Regulation Strategy, and Post-Traumatic Growth in Trauma-Experienced College Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (29) ◽  
pp. 511-534
Author(s):  
Eun-Ju Lee ◽  
Hye-Seong Jeon
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Active Coping ◽  
Family Resilience ◽  
Structural Relationship ◽  
Post Traumatic Growth ◽  
Post Traumatic

scholarly journals PTSD Growth and Substance Abuse Among a College Student Community: Coping Strategies after 2009 L’aquila Earthquake

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
V Bianchini ◽  
R Roncone ◽  
L Giusti ◽  
M Casacchia ◽  
MG Cifone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
L’Aquila Earthquake ◽  
Student Community ◽  
Positive Coping ◽  
Post Traumatic Growth ◽  
2009 L’Aquila Earthquake ◽  
Post Traumatic

Aim of the study was the assessment of coping strategies, specifically substance use and post-traumatic growth (PTG), in 411 college students two years after 2009 L’Aquila earthquake. Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) was used to assess PTG and one question about substance use (alcohol, tobacco, cannabis) was asked to verify if students had modified their use in the post-earthquake compared with the pre-earthquake period. The 77.1% of college students were exposed to L’Aquila earthquake. The PTGI mean score was 35.23, underlining low positive coping strategies among student community. About substance abuse, the 43.8% of college students reported a marked increase in alcohol use, 7.8% in cannabis and the 15.8% reported an increase in nicotine use in the post-earthquake period. Despite these data, 12.5 % of the students reported a decrease in alcohol use after the earthquake and 17.3% of the sample reported a PTG, showing positive behaviors and attitudes after the traumatic experience of the natural disaster (increase of social relationships, appreciation of new future possibilities, and development of a new deep meaning of life). Inferential analysis shows a strong negative correlation between direct earthquake exposure and PTGI total score. In post-disaster settings, a systematic framework of case identification, triage, and mental health interventions, including the improvement of positive coping strategies, like the PTG, should be integrated into emergency medicine and trauma care responses.

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