Dispositional Mindfulness, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Academic Burnout in Chinese Adolescents Following a Tornado: The Role of Mediation through Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy. Issue 5 (28th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yuan, Guangzhe; Xu, Wei; Liu, Zhen; Liu, Chaoyi; Li, Wen; An, Yuanyuan
• Is Part Of: Journal of aggression, maltreatment & trauma. Volume 27:Issue 5(2018)
• Page Start: 487
• Page End: 504
• Publication Date: 2018-05-28
• Subjects: Academic burnout -- dispositional mindfulness -- mediation -- posttraumatic stress disorder -- regulatory emotional self-efficacy; Violence -- Periodicals; Offenses against the person -- Periodicals; Aggression -- Periodicals; Crime Victims -- Periodicals; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- Periodicals; Violence -- Periodicals; 616.8582
• DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2018.1433258
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1092-6771

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Limited research has been conducted on dispositional mindfulness, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and academic burnout in Chinese adolescents following a tornado. The present study investigated the ways in which dispositional mindfulness is related to PTSD symptoms and academic burnout in Chinese adolescents following a tornado by considering the role of regulatory emotional self-efficacy. A total of 431 Chinese adolescents (mean age: 14.75 years) who had experienced a severe tornado 9 months prior to this study were recruited for this study. The results indicated that our model fit the data well [ χ 2 /df = 2.774, CFI = 0.952, TLI = 0.934, RMSEA (90% CI) = 0.064 (0.051–0.077)], and revealed that regulatory emotional self-efficacy partially mediates the relationships between dispositional mindfulness and PTSD symptoms and academic burnout, respectively. The clinical implications and limitations of our research, and recommendations for future research, are discussed in this paper.