Growth-Related Responses to the Threat of COVID-19 among Adolescents
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) and the Pandemic Situation
1.2. Personality Factors: Extroversion and the Epidemic Context
1.3. The Role of Stress in the Growth Process
1.4. Present Study
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedure
2.3. Post-Traumatic Growth
2.4. Personality
2.5. Stress
2.6. COVID-19-Related Threats
3. Results
Path Analysis Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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M | SD | Sk | Kurt | S-K | α | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FT—Family Threats | 2.20 | 1.00 | 0.59 | −0.49 | 0.12 ** | 0.79 |
LT—Life Threats | 2.96 | 0.99 | 0.13 | −0.69 | 0.07 ** | 0.80 |
LST—Lifestyle Threats | 3.27 | 0.96 | −0.38 | −0.59 | 0.10 ** | 0.78 |
EXT—Extraversion | 3.07 | 1.05 | −0.14 | −0.86 | 0.09 ** | 0.84 |
RTO—Relating to Others | 2.28 | 0.94 | 0.52 | −0.42 | 0.09 ** | 0.85 |
AOL—Appreciation of Life | 2.28 | 1.01 | 0.55 | −0.50 | 0.12 ** | 0.73 |
SEC—Spiritual and Existential Change | 1.87 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 0.26 | 0.26 ** | 0.77 |
LOS—Level of Stress | 3.03 | 0.80 | −0.11 | −0.49 | 0.05 * | 0.89 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
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1 | FT | |||||||
2 | LT | 0.28 ** | ||||||
3 | LST | 0.35 ** | 0.39 ** | |||||
4 | EXT | 0.06 | 0.10 * | 0.39 ** | ||||
5 | LOS | 0.45 ** | 0.28 ** | 0.52 ** | 0.04 | |||
6 | RTO | 0.01 | 0.25 ** | 0.34 ** | 0.26 ** | 0.12 * | ||
7 | AOL | 0.11 * | 0.38 ** | 0.29 ** | 0.21 ** | 0.11 * | 0.68 ** | |
8 | SEC | −0.01 | 0.19 ** | 0.06 | 0.12 * | −0.02 | 0.57 ** | 0.57 ** |
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Senejko, A.; Godawa, G.; Gurba, E.; Kalus, A.; Gurba, K. Growth-Related Responses to the Threat of COVID-19 among Adolescents. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12597. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912597
Senejko A, Godawa G, Gurba E, Kalus A, Gurba K. Growth-Related Responses to the Threat of COVID-19 among Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):12597. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912597
Chicago/Turabian StyleSenejko, Alicja, Grzegorz Godawa, Ewa Gurba, Alicja Kalus, and Krzysztof Gurba. 2022. "Growth-Related Responses to the Threat of COVID-19 among Adolescents" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12597. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912597