Examining the latent structure of posttraumatic growth between male and female survivors in the immediate aftermath of a flash flood disaster
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Philosophy
Document Type
Article
Source Title
Current Psychology
Volume
35
Issue
4
First Page
587
Last Page
594
Publication Date
12-1-2016
Abstract
The study examined and compared the latent structure of posttraumatic growth (PTG) based on three proposed models: 1-factor, 3-factor and 5-factor models in order to (1) find out the factor structure that has the best fit for the Filipino sample; (2) find out the factor structure that best represents PTG in the immediate aftermath of a flash flood disaster; and (3) examine the generalizability of the best-fitted model across gender. A sample of 895 survivor-respondents answered the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) within a month after a deadly flash flood. Based on the best-fitted model, a multi-group comparison between male and female was conducted to determine gender generalizability. Results showed that the 3-factor model comprising of Changes in Self/Positive Life Attitudes, Philosophy of Life, and Relating to Others fitted best in contrast to the other two models. The data also demonstrated the generalizability of the 3-factor model across gender, with invariance in factor loadings, item intercepts, factor variance and covariance, and factor means. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1007/s12144-015-9325-y
Recommended Citation
Mordeno, I. G., Nalipay, M. N., Alfonso, M. S., & Cue, M. P. (2016). Examining the latent structure of posttraumatic growth between male and female survivors in the immediate aftermath of a flash flood disaster. Current Psychology, 35 (4), 587-594. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-015-9325-y
Disciplines
Psychology
Keywords
Posttraumatic growth—Sex differences--Philippines; Disaster victims--Philippines--Psychology; Floods--Philippines
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