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Simon Kunz1, Stephen Joseph2, Szilvia Geyh1
1Empowerment, Participation, & Social Integration Unit, Swiss Paraplegic Research.
Purpose:
In the current study, we aimed to examine two possible explanations for why higher levels of posttraumatic growth (PTG) were repeatedly found to be predicted by both approach- and avoidance-oriented coping, focusing on individuals recently diagnosed with a spinal cord injury (SCI). First, negative changes (posttraumatic depreciation, PTD) may moderate the association between PTG and the two types of coping, indicating that PTG reflects avoidance of PTD for some individuals, but a constructive view on posttraumatic life changes for others. Second, it may be that a flexible use of different types of coping strategies (coping flexibility) enables the experience of PTG.
Method:
We examined a sample of 122 patients admitted to one of the four Swiss SCI rehabilitation centers in a longitudinal study. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted to test the two competing explanations.
Results:
Both approach- (β = .30, p = .001) and avoidance-oriented coping (β = .23, p = .011) measured 3 months after SCI diagnosis predicted higher PTG levels at discharge from clinical rehabilitation. PTD did not moderate the relationship between approach- (β = .03, p = .743) and avoidance-oriented coping (β = -.04, p = .656) and PTG. However, coping flexibility (β = .23, p = .012) predicted higher PTG levels.
Conclusion:
These results suggest that a flexible use of different coping strategies (potentially, according to situational demands) may explain findings that PTG was predicted by both approach- and avoidance-oriented coping. (PsycINFO Database Record
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