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Abstract
Family members living with a relative diagnosed with schizophrenia have reported challenges and traumatic stressors, as well as perceived benefits and personal growth. This study explored factors associated with posttraumatic growth (PTG) within such families. Personality, stress, coping, social support, and PTG were assessed in 110 family members. Results revealed that a multiplicative mediational path model with social support and emotional or instrumental coping strategies as multi-mediators had a significant indirect effect on the relationship between extraversion and PTG. Clinically relevant concepts that map onto the multi-mediator model are discussed, and these findings are translated into clinical practice to facilitate naturally occurring PTG processes.
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Rachel D. Morton
Rachel D. Morton completed her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology with the School of Psychology and Counselling at the Queensland University of Technology. Her research has focused on personality based individual differences, psychosocial stress response, and the lived experience of mental illness, specifically schizophrenia.
Melanie J. White
Melanie J. White is a senior lecturer in the School of Psychology and Counselling and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology. Her research program is broadly focused on the interplay between physiological and psychosocial (particularly stress) influences on cognition, personality, and complex behavior.
Ross McD. Young
Ross McD. Young is executive dean of the Faculty of Health at the Queensland University of Technology. His areas of research specialization include substance misuse, genetics, schizophrenia, and PTSD.