An Online Survey on the Relationship Between Positive Coping and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS) of Medical Students in China During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Social Support

Hong-tao Song; Ling-ling Xia; Yan Ma; Dongliang Jiao; Sihan Chen; Lijing Wang; Wenjuan Wang; Peipei Song; Linlin Mu; Li Li; Mengdie Pan; Lei Zhang; Jing Zhao; Jun-da Li

doi:10.12659/MSM.939485

01 June 2023 : Clinical Research

An Online Survey on the Relationship Between Positive Coping and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS) of Medical Students in China During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Social Support

Hong-tao Song^12ABCDEF*, Ling-ling Xia^1EF, Yan Ma^1B, Dongliang Jiao^1B, Sihan Chen^3B, Lijing Wang^1B, Wenjuan Wang^1B, Peipei Song^1B, Linlin Mu^1B, Li Li^1B, Mengdie Pan^1B, Lei Zhang^1B, Jing Zhao^1B, Jun-da Li^1EF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.939485

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939485

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Table 5 Bootstrap test of the mediating effect of positive coping on post-traumatic stress symptoms.

Pathways	Estimate	Standard error	95% CI	p
Total effect
Positive coping→PTSS	−0.310	0.019	−0.346 to −0.271	<0.001
Direct effect
Positive coping→PTSS	−0.128	0.036	−0.194 to −0.054	0.002
Positive coping→Social support	0.636	0.027	0.580 to 0.688	<0.001
Social support→PTSS	−0.286	0.041	−0.370 to −0.209	<0.001
Indirect effect
Positive coping→Social support→PTSS	−0.182	0.030	−0.249 to −0.129	<0.001
CI – confidence interval.

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