文摘
Interpersonal self-support is a personality factor that is believed in China to protect against distress. This study explored the relation among interpersonal self-support, venting coping, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a sample of 311 15 to 16?year-olds students 18?months after the Wenchuan earthquake using the Interpersonal Self-Support Scale for Adolescent Students (ISSS-AS), the Coping Style Scale of Middle School Students (CSSMSS), and the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R). As expected, a moderation model was not supported and venting coping mediated the effect of low interpersonal responsibility (b-??0.11, p--.001) and low interpersonal openness (b-??0.08, p--.001) on PTSD symptoms. Interpersonal independence was inversely related to PTSD symptoms. Overall, the current findings supported the venting coping mediation model with regard to the relationship between interpersonal self-support traits and PTSD symptoms, and have contributed to current knowledge with respect to the relation of personality, venting coping and PTSD symptoms.