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Empathy and Post-Traumatic Growth among Chinese Community Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Roles of Self-Disclosure and Social Support

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  • Jinhua Dou

    (School of Public Health, Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053, China)

  • Chang Liu

    (School of Psychology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053, China)

  • Ruoyu Xiong

    (School of Psychology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053, China)

  • Hongguang Zhou

    (Second Department of Children and Adolescents’ Psychological Behavior, Shandong Mental Health Center, Jinan 250014, China)

  • Guohua Lu

    (School of Psychology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053, China)

  • Liping Jia

    (School of Psychology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053, China)

Abstract

Given the prolonged nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and its long-term psychological impacts, this study aimed to explore how empathy leads to post-traumatic growth (PTG) among Chinese community workers. Guided by the revised PTG model, this study identified the relation between empathy and PTG using a multiple mediation model that included self-disclosure and social support as hypothesized mediators. This study utilized data from 414 Chinese adults aged 20 years or older who completed an online survey during the pandemic. Self-disclosure and social support were measured as mediating variables. The study variables were positively correlated with PTG. Empathy was positively correlated with self-disclosure and social support. After controlling for demographic covariates, the results indicated that self-disclosure and social support mediated the link between empathy and PTG in both parallel and sequential fashion. Empathy, self-disclosure, and social support played important roles in the growth of Chinese community workers. The present findings have been useful in increasing our understanding, policy programs, and interventions by governments or regional bodies to ameliorate community workers’ PTG.

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  • Jinhua Dou & Chang Liu & Ruoyu Xiong & Hongguang Zhou & Guohua Lu & Liping Jia, 2022. "Empathy and Post-Traumatic Growth among Chinese Community Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Roles of Self-Disclosure and Social Support," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-12, November.
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