The Association Between Stress Exposure, Traumatic Stress and Post-traumatic Growth Among Hong Kong Young Adults Under the “Double-Hit” of Social Unrest and COVID-19

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10.2991/978-94-6463-096-1_10How to use a DOI?

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social movement; COVID-19; post-traumatic growth; post-traumatic stress; Hong Kong

Abstract

This study investigated the probable traumatic stress (PTS), post-traumatic growth (PTG), and perceived impacts among Hong Kong young adults aged between 18 and 30 in September 2021, which is about 1.5 years after the Anti-ELAB social movement and COVID-19 pandemic have put everything into a stop. Among 251 participants, 46.8% scored above 32 out of 88 on the Impact of Events Scale-Revised, which indicated clinical levels of PTS, and 6.4% scored above 4 out of 5 on the Post Traumatic Growth Inventory, which displayed significant post-traumatic growth. Perceived impacts from the social movement (Means (SD) = 3.52 (1.91)) and COVID-19 (Means (SD) = 4.38 (1.82)) were moderate. Four groups were divided based on the cut-off scores: (1) Low PTS and Low PTG (50.6%); (2) High PTS and Low PTG (39.8%); (3) Low PTS and High PTG (2.4%); (4) High PTS and High PTG (4.0%). Results of one-way ANOVA showed that there were significant difference between the perceive level of PTS and PTG with the perceived impacts of social unrest (F(3, 242) = 5.66, p = .001) and COVID-19 (F(3, 242) = 4.84, p < .01). Persons in group 4 reported more perceived impacts in social unrest than group 1 and 2. Meanwhile, group 2 also reported a higher level of perceived impacts in COVID-19 than group 1.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lian Ying-Chun Pat
AU  - Bobo Hi-Po Lau
AU  - Jacky Chi-kit Ng
AU  - Wai Fu
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/27
TI  - The Association Between Stress Exposure, Traumatic Stress and Post-traumatic Growth Among Hong Kong Young Adults Under the “Double-Hit” of Social Unrest and COVID-19
BT  - Proceedings of the Meaning in Life International Conference 2022 - Cultivating, Promoting, and Enhancing Meaning in Life Across Cultures and Life Span (MIL 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 129
EP  - 141
SN  - 2667-128X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-096-1_10
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-096-1_10
ID  - Pat2022
ER  -