Examining the latent structure of posttraumatic growth between male and female survivors in the immediate aftermath of a flash flood disaster

• Main Authors: Mordeno, Imelu G., Nalipay, Ma. Jenina N., Alfonso, Maria Kristina S., Cue, Miriam P.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: Posttraumatic growth—Sex differences > Philippines; Disaster victims > Philippines > Psychology; Floods > Philippines; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2575
• Institution: De La Salle University

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.