Latent Profile of Time Perspective, Rumination, and Emotional Approach Coping among Trauma-Exposed Individuals: Exploring Impacts on Posttraumatic Growth and Predictors
Randomized trial explores effects of time perspective and coping strategies on posttraumatic growth, indicating key psychological factors in recovery.
Key Points
This study aims to classify trauma-exposed individuals based on psychological variables and examine their impact on posttraumatic growth.
A total of 388 trauma-exposed Korean adults completed measures of time perspective, rumination, emotional approach coping, event centrality, and posttraumatic growth.
Latent profile analysis was conducted to identify profiles, followed by R3STEP and DU3STEP for predicting and testing differences in class membership.
Five latent profiles identified, ranging from maladaptive to adaptive time perspectives with varying processing styles.
Adaptive time perspective and growth-oriented processing profile showed the highest posttraumatic growth levels (Mean = 4.19, SE = 0.05).
Significant differences in posttraumatic growth across profiles observed, with event centrality as the strongest predictor.