Dispositional mindfulness mediates the relationships of parental attachment to posttraumatic stress disorder and academic burnout in adolescents following the Yancheng tornado

Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2018 May 17;9(1):1472989. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1472989. eCollection 2018.

Abstract

Background: Previous studies have shown that parental attachment is associated with low severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and low academic burnout in individuals who have experienced traumatic events. Objective: The present study investigated the ways in which parental attachment is related to PTSD symptoms and academic burnout in Chinese traumatized adolescents by considering the role of dispositional mindfulness. Method: A total of 443 Chinese adolescents who had experienced a severe tornado one year prior to this study completed measures of parental attachment, dispositional mindfulness, PTSD and academic burnout. Results: The results showed that our model fitted the data well [χ2/df = 2.968, CFI = 0.971, TLI = 0.955, RMSEA (90% CI) = 0.067 (0.052-0.082)] and revealed that dispositional mindfulness partially mediates the relationship between parental attachment, PTSD severity and academic burnout. Conclusions: The findings suggested that dispositional mindfulness and parental attachment may be two critical resources in dealing with traumatization and academic burnout.

Antecedentes: Estudios previos han demostrado que el apego parental se asocia con una baja gravedad del trastorno de estrés postraumático (TEPT) y bajo burnout académico en individuos que han experimentado eventos traumáticos. Objetivo: El presente estudio investigó las formas en que el apego parental se relaciona con los síntomas de TEPT y el burnout académico en adolescentes chinos traumatizados al considerar el rol del mindfulness disposicional. Método: Un total de 443 adolescentes chinos que habían experimentado un tornado severo 1 año antes de este estudio completaron medidas de apego parental, mindfulness disposicional, trastorno de estrés postraumático y burnout académico. Resultados: Los resultados mostraron que nuestro modelo se ajustaba bien a los datos [χ2/df = 2.968, CFI = 0.971, TLI = 0.955, RMSEA (90% IC) = 0.067 (0.052–0.082)] y reveló que el mindfulness disposicional media parcialmente la relación entre el apego parental, la gravedad del TEPT y el burnout académico. Conclusiones: Los hallazgos sugirieron que el mindfulness disposicional y el apego parental pueden ser dos recursos críticos para lidiar con la traumatización y el burnout académico.

背景: 以前的研究表明,父母依恋与创伤后事件个体的创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)较低严重程度和较低的学业倦怠相关。 目的: 本研究考察了父母依恋与遭受创伤的中国青少年创伤后应激障碍症状和学业倦怠的关系,并考虑了特质倾向的作用。 方法: 在本研究前1年经历过严重龙卷风的443名中国青少年中,测量了父母依恋、特质正念、创伤后应激障碍和学业倦怠。 结果: 结果表明,我们的模型很好地拟合了数据[c2/df = 2.968,CFI = 0.971,TLI = 0.955,RMSEA(90%CI)= 0.067(0.052–0.082)],并且显示特质正念部分地调节了父母依恋,PTSD严重程度和学业倦怠之间的关系。 结论: 发现表明,特质正念和父母依恋可能是应对创伤和学业倦怠的两个关键资源。.

Keywords: PTSD; Parental attachment; academic burnout; dispositional mindfulness; • We found that parental attachment and dispositional mindfulness are both negatively correlated with PTSD and academic burnout.• We found that parental attachment and dispositional mindfulness are both negatively correlated with academic burnout.•We found that dispositional mindfulness mediates the relationships between parental attachment and PTSD and academic burnout..

Grants and funding

This work was supported by The Project of Philosophy and Social Science Research in Colleges and Universities in Jiangsu Province [Project No. 2017SJB0218]; The 13th Five-Year Plan of Educational Science in Jiangsu Province [Project No. C-c/2016/01/13]; Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China [Project No. BK20171036].