The impact of COVID-19 trauma on healthcare workers: Examining the relationship between stress and growth through the lens of memory

dc.authoridOner, Sezin/0000-0001-8124-3554
dc.authoridCaglar Kurtulmus, Emine Seyma/0000-0002-9089-1040
dc.authoridBilgin, Ezgi/0000-0001-9477-7379
dc.authorscopusid56530440700
dc.authorscopusid57793262200
dc.authorscopusid58648360100
dc.contributor.authorYaman, Sezin Öner
dc.contributor.authorBilgin, Ezgi
dc.contributor.authorCaglar, Emine Seyma
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-23T21:38:24Z
dc.date.available2024-06-23T21:38:24Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentKadir Has Universityen_US
dc.department-temp[Oner, Sezin] Kadir Has Univ, Istanbul, Turkiye; [Bilgin, Ezgi] Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY USA; [Oner, Sezin] Kadir Has Univ, Dept Psychol, TR-34083 Fatih Istanbul, Turkiyeen_US
dc.descriptionOner, Sezin/0000-0001-8124-3554; Caglar Kurtulmus, Emine Seyma/0000-0002-9089-1040; Bilgin, Ezgi/0000-0001-9477-7379en_US
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic constituted tremendous traumatic stress among the frontline healthcare workers. In the present study, we investigated relationships of two types of rumination, namely brooding and reflection, with traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth and the mediating role of recollective experience in these relationships. A total of 88 healthcare workers (75% female, M-age = 54.91) actively providing service to COVID-19 patients reported two memories of events that impacted them the most at the first peak of the pandemic and rated their recollective experience (i.e., phenomenological characteristics of memories). We used structural equation modelling to test whether recollective experience mediated the link of brooding and reflection with post-trauma reactions of stress and growth. The findings showed that brooding and reflection were associated with higher levels of traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth. Importantly, recollective experience mediated the relationship of rumination with traumatic stress but this differed for the type of rumination. Higher brooding was associated with greater traumatic stress and that relationship was independent of how well the memories were recollected, while for reflection, high reflection was associated with stronger recollective experience, which predicted higher traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth. The present study shows the functional dimensions of reflective rumination and presents novel findings that demonstrates the discrete mnemonic mechanisms underlying the association between brooding, reflection, and post-trauma reactions.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTurkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu [120K359]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTurkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu, Grant/Award Number:120K359en_US
dc.identifier.citation0
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/smi.3325
dc.identifier.issn1532-3005
dc.identifier.issn1532-2998
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid37837563
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85174167574
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3325
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/5795
dc.identifier.volume40en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001087378100001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectautobiographical memoryen_US
dc.subjectpost-traumatic growthen_US
dc.subjectpost-traumatic stressen_US
dc.subjectruminationen_US
dc.titleThe impact of COVID-19 trauma on healthcare workers: Examining the relationship between stress and growth through the lens of memoryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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