title: Coping, rumination and posttraumatic growth in people affected by an earthquake.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In this article, the evaluation of a structural model that seeks to identify predictors and mediators of posttraumatic growth (PTG) of people affected by a natural disaster is presented.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample was composed of 349 adult men and women who experienced the earthquake and tsunami on February 27, 2010 in Chile. A modeling with structural equations was used, contrasting two predictive models of PTG. The latent variables assessed were subjective severity, social sharing of emotion, intrusive rumination, deliberate rumination, problem-focused coping and posttraumatic growth.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The best fit was obtained with the model that shows a direct influence of the subjective severity, problem-focused coping, and deliberate rumination in the presence of PTG. Problem-focused coping mediated the relation between subjective severity and social sharing with PTG. In turn, deliberate rumination mediated the relation of problem-focused coping and intrusive rumination with PTG.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results show the relevant role of cognitive processes such as deliberate rumination and behavioral processes such as problem-focused coping in the presence of PTG.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Santo Tomás (Chile).
authors.forename: Felipe E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cova
authors.forename: Paulina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rincón
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: Darío
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Páez
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002677:Chile; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological