Traumatic events and psychological wellbeing among Palestinians: the moderating roles of mattering, anti-mattering and posttraumatic growth.

IF 3.3 2区医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Global Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-03-25 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1017/gmh.2025.34

Dana Bdier, Fayez Mahamid, Bilal Hamamra

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Abstract

The current study aimed to test the association between traumatic events and psycholgocial wellbeing among Palestinians, and to explore whether mattering, anti-ant-mattering, and posttraumatic growth (PTG) moderate the association between these two variables. A total of 610 Palestinian adults participated in the study, comprising 220 males and 390 females. Participants were recruited using online methods, including emails, social media, and advertisements. Results of correlational analysis revealed that traumatic events showed a negative correlation with PTG (r = -.19, p < .01), psychological well-being (r = -.22, p < .01), and mattering (r = -.17, p < .01). In contrast, traumatic events were positively associated with anti- mattering (r = .18, p < .01). Results of regression analysis showed that psychological well-being was negatively predicted by traumatic events and anti-mattering, while it was positively predicted by mattering and PTG. The current study emphasizes the importance of creating interventions that promote PTG, allowing Palestinians to transform their traumatic experiences into opportunities for personal and communal development. Additionally, enhancing self-mattering is strongly associated with psychological well-being and resilience. Encouraging Palestinians to feel valued and connected to their communities may help mitigate the negative effects of prolonged trauma, ultimately leading to better mental health outcomes.

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巴勒斯坦人的创伤事件和心理健康：重要、反重要和创伤后成长的调节作用。

本研究旨在测试巴勒斯坦人创伤性事件与心理健康之间的关系，并探讨重要、抗重要和创伤后成长（PTG）是否调节了这两个变量之间的关系。共有610名巴勒斯坦成年人参加了这项研究，其中包括220名男性和390名女性。参与者是通过电子邮件、社交媒体和广告等在线方式招募的。相关分析结果显示创伤性事件与PTG呈负相关（r = -）。19, p)，心理健康(r = -。22, p)和matter （r = -）。17, p)。相反，创伤性事件与抗物质反应呈正相关（r = 0.18, p）。回归分析结果显示，创伤性事件和反物质对心理健康有负向预测作用，物质和PTG对心理健康有正向预测作用。目前的研究强调了创造促进PTG的干预措施的重要性，使巴勒斯坦人能够将他们的创伤经历转化为个人和社区发展的机会。此外，增强自我关心与心理健康和适应能力密切相关。鼓励巴勒斯坦人感到受到重视并与他们的社区有联系，可能有助于减轻长期创伤的负面影响，最终导致更好的心理健康结果。

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Global Mental Health PSYCHIATRY-

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25 weeks

期刊介绍： lobal Mental Health (GMH) is an Open Access journal that publishes papers that have a broad application of ‘the global point of view’ of mental health issues. The field of ‘global mental health’ is still emerging, reflecting a movement of advocacy and associated research driven by an agenda to remedy longstanding treatment gaps and disparities in care, access, and capacity. But these efforts and goals are also driving a potential reframing of knowledge in powerful ways, and positioning a new disciplinary approach to mental health. GMH seeks to cultivate and grow this emerging distinct discipline of ‘global mental health’, and the new knowledge and paradigms that should come from it.