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Abstract
This study explores the mediating role of perceived social support and religious coping on the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and posttraumatic growth (PTG). Three hundred fifty university students completed the Life Events Checklist for DSM-5, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-5, Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Brief Religious Coping Scale. For testing the research hypotheses, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used. The study results showed that PTSD symptoms, perceived social support, and positive religious coping predicted PTG. Furthermore, perceived social support and positive religious coping mediated the relationship between PTSD symptoms and PTG.
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Hikmet Yazici
Hikmet Yazici is a Professor in Psychological Counseling and Guidance program He is currently Faculty Member on Educational Sciences Division at Trabzon University, Turkey. His research areas include educational psychology, smoking, gifted children, marital adjustment, trauma, romantic relationship.
Munevver Ozdemir
Munevver Ozdemir is a PhD student in Psychological Counseling and Guidance program at Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey. She is currently a research assistant on Educational Sciences Division at Trabzon University, Turkey. Her research areas include traumatic experience, mental health, refugee, posttraumatic growth.
Fatih Koca
Fatih Koca is Assistant Professor, Ph.D in Psychological Counseling and Guidance program. He is currently Faculty Member on Educational Sciences Division at Trabzon University, Turkey. His research areas include school adjustment, psychological distress, mental health, teaching self-efficacy belief.